Explosion rocked southern Kandahar province on Tuesday, casualties feared.

Meantime, Kandahar police chief Khan Mohammad Mujahid said the blast was a roadside bomb attack, organized against him but he escaped unhurt.

"The blast was a roadside bomb, organized by Taliban to kill me but fortunately I escaped unhurt," Mujahid told Xinhua.

He also added that the attack happened on a street inside provincial capital Kandahar city when his vehicle was passed.

"Fortunately neither my bodyguards nor passersby were hurt in the blast," the police chief further said.

Taliban militants have yet to make comment.

A suicide blast hit a super market in the capital city Kabul last Friday for which Taliban claimed of responsibility left eight people dead and injured 15 others.