KANDAHAR, (Afghanistan): Four civilians, including two teenage boys, were killed and one civilian wounded when a tricycle vehicle was struck by an improvised bomb in Kandahar, a southern province of Afghanistan on Monday, a provincial police spokesman confirmed.
“The incident came after the vehicle touched off an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Bodahi village, Arghandab district at mid-day on Monday. The wounded were shifted by locals to a district hospital,” spokesman Jamal Baraikzai told Xinhua.
The five affected people were aboard the tricycle, which was destroyed in the blast, he said. Militants in Afghanistan have been using home-made IEDs to make roadside bombs.–Agencies
