LASHKAR GAH, Afghanistan, Nov 16 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Three civilians have been confirmed dead, as a roadside bomb, launched by militants, struck a car in southern Afghanistan’s Helmand province, said an army statement, released today (Saturday).
According to the statement, the mine, planted by armed insurgents, on a road in Nad Ali district, of the troubled province, struck a civilian car, killing three commuters on the spot and wounding four others.
Taliban militants, who are operational in parts of Helmand province, have yet to make any comment.
Civilians often bear the brunt of war, in the war-battered Afghanistan, as 2,563 civilians had been killed and 5,676 others injured, in the first nine months of this year, said a report of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA), released in Oct.– NNN-AGENCIES
