Roadside bomb kills 3 civilians, wounds 4 in southern Afghanistan

2021-03-13 08:05:26 GMT2021-03-13 16:05:26(Beijing Time) Xinhua English

TIRIN KOT, Afghanistan, March 13 (Xinhua) -- Three civilians were killed and four others injured as a roadside bomb struck a passenger vehicle on a road in the southern Uruzgan province on Saturday, a statement from the provincial government said.

The deadly incident took place on a road linking Uruzgan's provincial capital Tirin Kot to the neighboring Kandahar province in the morning rush hour and as a result a child and two men were killed and four others including a woman and three children injured, the statement added.

Without providing more details, the statement added that an investigation had been initiated into the gruesome incident.

Earlier on Friday night, a car bomb that rocked Kandahar's neighboring Herat city killed eight people including seven civilians and injured 54 others including 20 women and eight children, according to health officials. Enditem

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