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Roadside Bomb Kills 13 Civilians In Afghanistan


Afghanistan's Interior Ministry says a roadside bomb has killed 13 civilians in eastern Afghanistan.

In a statement, the ministry said the victims were traveling in a motorized rickshaw in the Khoshamand district of Paktika Province when their vehicle was blown up by the bomb.

Women and children were among the dead.

Further details were not immediately available.

compiled from agency reports

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