talk about suicide

A suicide bomb attack in a crowded market area in Afghanistan's Uruzgan province killed at least 16 people, local authorities and NATO officials said.

Those killed in Thursday's explosion in the town of Deh Rawood were all civilians, including women and children, The Washington Post reported. Several more people were wounded in the attack, one of the largest militant attacks on civilians in recent months.

The attack occurred at a weekly livestock and food bazaar area patronized by local residents.

Provincial Gov. Asadullah Hamdam told the Post the bomber had reached the area on foot but his target was not known.

NATO told the newspaper its forces sent to the scene along with investigators to help the victims found a "large amount" of opium there. No other details were available.