Kabul: Roadside bombs struck two vehicles carrying civilians in separate attacks on Friday in southern Afghanistan, killing at least 14 people, including three children, and wounding three others, officials said.
The spokesman for Kandahar province’s governor, Bahir Ahmadi, said the blast in the first attack in Spin Boldak district killed 13 people and was so strong that officials were having difficulty identifying some of the victims.
A second bomb exploded on Friday in the afternoon on the same road hitting a truck.
The driver was killed and three children were wounded, Ahmadi said. He said the victims were on their way to a wedding ceremony.
Provincial council member Yousuf Younosi said the two roadside bombs killed 19 civilians.
The discrepancy between the two numbers could not immediately be accounted for. (AP)
