Roadside bomb kills nine civilians in southern Afghanistan


A roadside blast of an improvised explosive device in Afghanistan’s southern Kandahar province killed at least nine civilians, an official confirmed.

Baheer Amadi, a spokesman for the provincial governor, told Anadolu Agency that the incident took place in the Arghistan district around noon local time when a passenger bus hit the improvised explosive device.

He confirmed nine passengers were killed and five others injured in the incident.

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Source: The Express Tribune