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4 civilians killed in bomb attack in Afghanistan

Xinhua, September 19, 2015 Adjust font size:

Four civilians were killed in a bomb attack in eastern outskirts of Afghanistan's capital city of Kabul, reported local media on Saturday.

"On late Friday, a vehicle touched off an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in Khak-e-Jabar district and the explosion killed four civilians while injuring seven others aboard the vehicle," Tolo News aired in its news bulletin.

A woman was among the killed while the injured included two children, the report said, adding that the victims were travelling from neighboring Logar province to Kabul.

No group has claimed responsibility for the incident.

The Taliban militant group 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.

Nearly 1,600 civilians were killed and more than 3,300 others wounded in conflicts and attacks in the first half of the year, according to a UN mission report released recently. Endit