Seven Afghan civilians killed in roadside blast

October 8th, 2009 Large blast strikes in center of Afghan capitalKABUL — A powerful explosion rocked the center of Afghanistan's capital early Thursday near the Interior Ministry and the Indian Embassy, where dozens of civilians were killed in an attack last year. An Associated Press reporter at the scene saw at least six people being loaded into the ambulances.

October 7th, 2009 Explosion hits Afghan capitalKABUL — A large blast has sounded in the center of Afghanistan's capital. Associated Press reporters heard the explosion and saw a plume of smoke rising from a site in downtown Kabul.

September 30th, 2009 30 Afghan civilians killed in roadside bomb blastKABUL — Officials say the civilian death toll in a roadside bomb blast in southern Afghanistan has reached 30. Kandahar provincial police chief Sardar Mohammad Zazai says nine women and seven children are among the 30 killed.

September 30th, 2009 12 Afghan civilians killed in roadside bomb blastKABUL — A roadside bomb blast in southern Afghanistan has killed 12 civilians. Police chief Bismullah Khan says a civilian bus hit a bomb in Kandahar province's Maiwand district Tuesday morning, killing the 12 civilians and wounding another 15.

September 23rd, 2009 KABUL - Twelve Afghan civilians including women and children were killed in two separate roadside bomb explosions in the south and southwestern regions, officials said Wednesday. Seven Afghan civilians were killed when their vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in Panjwayi district of the southern province of Kandahar Wednesday morning, Zalmai Ayoubi, spokesman for the provincial governor, said.

September 23rd, 2009 Roadside bomb kills 5 Afghan civiliansKABUL — Five Afghan civilians died when their van struck a roadside bomb in western Farah province, a police official said Wednesday. The private van was heading toward neighboring Ghor province on Tuesday when it hit the bomb, which also wounded eight others, said Raouf Ahmadi, a police spokesman for the western region.

September 23rd, 2009 Roadside bombs kill 12 Afghan civiliansKABUL — Twelve Afghan civilians died in roadside bomb blasts in the past 24 hours, officials said Wednesday. Homemade bombs planted on roads or near government buildings have become a major killer in Afghanistan as the Taliban and other militants increasingly use guerrilla tactics to battle Afghan and international forces.

August 7th, 2009 Officials: Roadside bomb kills 5 Afghan copsKABUL — Officials say roadside bombs in southern Afghanistan have killed five policemen and an Afghan guard. Local police official Abdul Jabar says a roadside bomb late Thursday in Kandahar's Arghandab district killed five policemen.

July 30th, 2009 4 Afghan guards killed in blastKABUL — The government says a roadside blast has killed four Afghan guards in the south of the country. An Interior Ministry statement says the explosion hit the guards' vehicle in Helmand province on Thursday.

July 9th, 2009 14 people killed in Afghan blastKABUL — An explosion in central Afghanistan killed 14 people, including 10 civilians and four policemen Thursday, a provincial police chief said. The blast happened after a truck filled with timber had tipped over on the main road connecting Logar province with Kabul to the north, said the provincial police chief, Mustafa Khan.

June 23rd, 2009 Bomb attacks kill 5 Afghan civiliansKABUL — Five Afghan civilians were killed by bomb attacks Tuesday — two caught in a blast aimed at a military convoy and three aid workers whose vehicle hit a roadside bomb. Early Tuesday, a suicide car bomber attacked a convoy of international troops in central Ghazni province, ramming into them on a highway about 2.5 miles (4 kilometers) west of Ghazni city, said Ismail Jahangir, a spokesman for the provincial governor.

May 3rd, 2009 KABUL - Three civilians including two children were killed and eight wounded Sunday in a roadside bomb blast in southern Afghanistan, the interior ministry said. The victims, including an eight-year-old girl and a 10-year-old boy, were killed in the blast at a main market in Gerishk district of southern Helmand province Sunday morning, the ministry said in a statement.

April 27th, 2009 KABUL - Five Afghan policemen and two civilians were killed in a roadside bomb blast in a restive southern province, where five Taliban militants were also killed, officials said Monday. The five insurgents were killed by Afghan and coalition forces in Zharai district of the southern province of Kandahar Monday morning, the US military said in a statement.

March 31st, 2009 KABUL - An Afghan provincial mayor was killed in a roadside bomb blast in eastern Afghanistan, while 34 suspected Taliban militants were killed in separate clashes and blasts elsewhere in the country, officials said Tuesday. A remote-controlled roadside bomb was detonated on the outskirts of Khost city, the capital for the province of the same name, Tuesday afternoon when the provincial mayor was on his way home, Hamidullah Qalandarzai, the provincial governor said.

March 25th, 2009 KABUL - Nine civilians were killed and seven others wounded Wednesday when their vehicle was blown up by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan, a senior police official said. The blast occurred in Sabari district of the south-eastern province of Khost when a bus en route to the provincial capital of the same name was struck by a roadside bomb, police chief Abdul Qayoom Baqizoy said.