Suicide attacks involving as many as 14 bombers struck an Afghan city today, and a motorcycle bomb exploded in a busy market in blasts that killed at least 46 people altogether- the year’s deadliest day for civilians in Afghanistan.

A wave of up to 14 suicide bombers have killed at least 27 people and wounded dozens more in an Afghan city that had been largely peaceful in recent years.

An official says a suicide bomber wearing a burqa killed 15 people and wounded 22 others in a crowded market in western Afghanistan.

Afghan security forces have killed three suspected Taliban rebels and arrested 13 others in different regions of southern Afghanistan, according to officials.