At least 89 people have been killed in a car bomb explosion at a busy market in Paktika province of eastern Afghanistan.
Most of the 89 bodies recovered from the rubble were women and children, a spokesman for Afghanistan's defence ministry told the BBC.
Some 42 injured people have been taken to hospital, Gen Zahir Azimi said.
"ANA [Afghan National Army] soldiers are continuing their work of clearing rubbles to look for possible survivors and victims," he added.
The suicide bomber drove a four-wheel drive vehicle into the market in Orgun district before detonating the explosives, officials said.
"The bazaar was packed with civilians," said governor Mohammad Raza Kharoti.
Eyewitnesses say police and security forces pursued the attacker before he entered the market.
The attack occurred hours after two men working for outgoing President Hamid Karzai were killed by a roadside bomb in Kabul.
The Taliban said it had carried out the attack, which targeted a vehicle carrying employees of the presidential palace to work.
Orgun is one of Paktika's safest areas, though members of the Haqqani militant network are thought to have a presence there.
The eastern province of Paktika shares a border with Pakistan's fractious tribal areas.