LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Five civilians were killed in a roadside bombing in the capital of southern Helmand province on Friday morning. An official said.
The explosion occurred in Chahar Gul area of Lashkargah on the Helmand-Kandahar highway at about 11 am, the governor’s spokesman said.
Omar Zwak confirmed the incident, but gave no further details of the blast, for which there was no immediate claim of responsibility.
Also on Friday, a roadside bomb blast hit a civilian vehicle in Kashk-i-Kohna district of western Herat province.
Seven women were wounded in the bombing, Herat governor’s spokesman Jilani . . .
