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21 September 2012| last updated at 10:14PM

Bomb kills five Afghans in south



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KANDAHAR, Afghanistan: A roadside bomb attack in southern Afghanistan on Friday killed five civilians, including children, local authorities said.

 

The explosion struck their vehicle while they were travelling from Nawa  district to Lashkar Gah, Helmand’s provincial capital.
 
“Two children and three men were killed in a bomb attack,” Helmand’s  provincial police spokesman, Farid Ahmad Farhang, told AFP.
 
Seven other civilians, including women and children, were wounded and taken  to hospital.
 
There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack, but similar  incidents in the past have been blamed on Taliban insurgents.
 
Daoud Ahmadi, Helmand provincial governor spokesman, confirmed the death  toll to AFP, saying the wounded were in critical conditions.
 
Roadside bomb attacks are the weapon of choice for Taliban insurgents  fighting to overthrow the Western-backed government of President Hamid Karzai. -- AFP
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