Kabul, Sep 6 (IANS): Two civilians were blown up Friday and two injured when a roadside bomb struck a car near Kabul.
The blast occurred in Laghman province, 90 km east of Kabul, Xinhua reported citing a provincial government press release.
There was no comment by the Taliban, who largely rely on suicide attacks and roadside bombings.
Civilians in Afghanistan often bear the brunt of the protracted war as 1,319 civilians lost their lives and more than 2,500 sustained injuries in the conflict-ridden country in the first half of the current year, according to a report of the United Nations Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) released in Kabul recently.