Roadside bomb kills 11 Afghans

Eleven Afghans including nine civilians were killed as a roadside bomb struck police van in Badghis province 555 km northwest of Afghan capital Kabul on Monday, a press release of Interior Ministry said Tuesday. "In a roadside bomb that struck a police vehicle in Qadis district of Badghis province on Monday 11 people including nine civilians and two police were martyred," the press release added. Among those killed in the blast are six children and two women, it further said. Three others including a 10-years old child and two policemen sustained injuries in the blast, the press release asserted. The press release did not furnish more details. It also blamed Taliban insurgents for organizing the deadly roadside bomb attack, but the outfit has yet to make comment.