By IANS,
Kabul : At least five civilians and two policemen were killed Thursday after a bomb hit a patrolling police vehicle in Afghanistan’s Nimroz province, Xinhua reported.
“A police unit was on routine patrol in Zaranj city at about 3.30 p.m. when an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) was detonated through a remote control device, killing two policemen and five civilians near the site,” Xinhua quoted a senior police official as saying.
Two policemen were also wounded in the attack while their vehicle was destroyed in the incident which occurred in the province, 790 km from Kabul.
Taliban militants were yet to make any comment over the incident.
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