Fifteen civilians, including six women and eight children, were killed and two others wounded after a roadside bomb explosion struck a vehicle in Afghanistan’s northern Kunduz province on Wednesday, a provincial government spokesman said.
Publish dateThursday 28 November 2019 - 11:03
Story Code : 196523
The spokesman of the Ministry of Interior, Nasrat Rahimi said that the vehicle was on a road in Imamuddin square of Imam Sahib district from neighboring Khan Abad district before touching off an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) on Wednesday evening.
The bodies and the two wounded were shifted to a district hospital and the next of kin of the victims were notified, Rahimi said.
More than 2,560 civilians were killed and over 5,670 others injured in conflict-related incidents in Afghanistan in the first nine months of this year, according to figures released by the United Nations mission in the country.
Source : Afghan Voice Agency(AVA)
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