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1st LD Writethru: Roadside bombing kills 6 in Afghanistan

Xinhua, March 2, 2015 Adjust font size:

Six civilians were killed and two others wounded after a roadside planted bomb struck a vehicle in eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar on Monday, a provincial government spokesman said.

"A Toyota station wagon ran over an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) along a road in Pandullah locality of Achin district. The explosion killed six people on the spot," Ahmad Zia Abdulzai told Xinhua.

Two civilians aboard the car were injured and the vehicle was destroyed as a result of the blast which took place at around midday, the official added.

The casualties were shifted to a hospital in the district.

The Taliban has largely been using home-made IEDs to launch suicide attacks and roadside bombings against security forces but the lethal weapons also inflict casualties on civilians.

Earlier on Monday, two children were killed and three people wounded in an IED blast in provincial capital Jalalabad city.

Nearly 3,700 civilians were killed and more than 6,800 others wounded in conflicts and Taliban-led attacks in 2014, according to official figures released by the UN mission in the country. Endi