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Urgent: 9 civilians die in N. Afghan roadside bombing

Xinhua, May 19, 2016 Adjust font size:

Some nine civilians were killed and three others wounded in a roadside bombing in Afghanistan's northern province of Baghlan on Thursday, police said. Enditem