The
attack happened outside the perimeter of the airport, where thousands of
foreign troops are based.
They appear to have been the target, though Nato says none was killed.
The Taliban told the BBC it was behind
the attack, which analysts say highlights the fragile security situation in
Kandahar.
A series of recent attacks has shattered a relative peace enjoyed by
Kandahar - seen as the spiritual home of the Taliban, as well as being the
birthplace of Afghan President Hamid Karzai.
Earlier this month, a series of blasts killed at least 12 people in the
city.
Foreign forces
Officials say Thursday's attack - which hit at about 13:15 local time
(08:45 GMT) - was aimed at the foreign forces stationed at the airfield.
"He arrived on foot and tried to get near the gate of Kandahar Air
Field and then he blew himself up,'' Abdul Razaq, police chief in Kandahar
province, told AP.
However, AFP quoted a Nato spokesman as saying the attack had been
"vehicle-borne".
A Nato-led coalition of foreign forces has been in Afghanistan for more
than a decade.
Last year, US President Barack Obama announced that tens of thousands of
US forces would be withdrawn by 2013 - though 68,000 will remain of the current
US force of 90,000.
Nato has started handing over security responsibility to Afghan forces
in several provinces.
However, according to the UN, the number of casualties in continuing
violence in Afghanistan has increased.
On Wednesday, a suicide attack and roadside bomb in Helmand province -
which neighbours Kandahar to the west - killed 13 people.
A senior security official and tribal elder were among those killed by
the roadside bomb, which the Taliban said it carried out.
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