By Xinhua,
Kabul : Roadside bombings and suicide attacks in Afghanistan claimed three lives and wounded five others on Saturday, officials said.
Two civilians were killed as a mine planted by militants struck their motorbike in Nadir Shahkot district of eastern Khost province, Guldad the district chief of Nadir Shahkot told Xinhua.
A similar incident in Dawamanda district of Khost province left one soldier dead and injured three others as a mine hit a military vehicle this morning, Lutfullah Babakarkhil the district governor told Xinhua.
Moreover, a suicide bomber on Spinboldak road in the southern Kandahar province of Afghanistan blew himself up Saturday morning, killing himself and wounding two others including a police and a passing-by child.
Militancy and conflicts have left more than 2,000 people including over 700 civilians dead since January this year in Afghanistan.