KANDAHAR, (Afghanistan): Thirteen civilians, including six children, were killed in an improvised bomb explosion in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province on Friday, a hospital source said.
“Thirteen killed civilians, including six children, two women and five men were admitted at Spin Boldak district hospital following an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion in the district Friday morning,” Ahmad Jawid Afghan, director of the district hospital, told media. The hospital staff had coordinated with the district police to notify the relatives of the victims.
Locals said the blast occurred when a mini bus touched off a Taliban roadside bomb along a dusty road in Loya Kariz locality of the remote district. They said victims were travelling back home after attending a wedding and the vehicle was destroyed in the blast in the region, 450 km south of the country’s capital, Kabul.–Agencies
