 Staying with the medallist, the bomb has blown up a bus in Afghanistan, killing at least 11 people and wounded dozens. The latest in the series of deadly blasts that has come as foreign forces withdraw. The roadside bomb exploded late on Sunday in the southern province of Zabor, the provincial governor's spokesman, Ghul Islamliad, announced. Injured by yet another bomb blast in Afghanistan, a hospital in Kandahar treated dozens of wounded, including women and children, after a bomb blew up a bus. Officials say at least 11 people were killed. Ahmed Masoud is just a young boy. He says the bomb exploded just as the vehicle he was in approached a checkpoint and that many people died. The roadside bomb exploded late on Sunday and is just the latest in a series of deadly blasts that has come as foreign forces withdraw. There was no immediate claim of responsibility and Taliban insurgents did not immediately respond to a request for comment. Early on Monday, a blast hit a minibus in a province just north of the capital Kabul. That attack killed at least two people and wounded nine. Violence has been rising sharply in recent weeks after the US announced it would withdraw all of its troops by September.