Children among 4 civilians dead in blasts

 KALAT CITY (PAN): Four civilians, including three children, were killed in two different bomb blasts in southern Kandahar and Zabul provinces on Monday, official said.

Zabul Deputy Governor Mohammad Jan Rassoulyar told Pajhwok Afghan News the explosion took place at around 7:00am between Barat and Gul villages on the outskirts of the provincial capital.

Two children were killed and their sister and father injured in the explosion, he said, without blaming anyone for the bombing.

Separately, a roadside bomb hit a car, killing a child and his father in Shurabak district of Kandahar, said the police spokesman, Zia Durrani. A third civilian was injured in the incident.

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