7 passengers killed in roadside bombing

KABUL): Seven passengers were killed and 15 others injured as the bus they were travelling in struck a roadside bomb in the Dilaram district of western Nimroz province on Sunday, officials said.

The passenger bus, going from Herat to Kabul, hit the bomb in the Lakhshak area of the district, the Dilaram police chief, Col. Najibullah, told Pajhwok Afghan News.

He said the bodies and wounded people, including women of planting the bomb.

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