A loud explosion followed by light weapons fire was heard Monday in the southern Afghan city of Kandahar, the spiritual home of the Taliban, an AFP reporter said.
The incident happened outside a branch of the Kabul bank, where some Afghan Army and the police go to receive their pay, and shattered windows nearby, the reporter said, adding the area has now been sealed off.
Earlier this month, four policemen and two children were injured in a car bomb close to the police headquarters in Kandahar.
The city is at the heart of a nine-year Taliban insurgency which some 140,000 US-led international troops are battling in Afghanistan.