16 killed in two blasts in South Afghanistan

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At least 16 people were killed in two separate bomb blasts in Afghanistan on Saturday, Xinhua reported quoting officials.

Fifteen people, including eight children, were killed in a roadside blast which hit a bus in the Southern Kandhar province early on Saturday, the Afghanistan interior ministry said.

“The bloody incident occurred at around 10.00 am. Local time on Saturday when a mini-bus touched off a roadside bomb in Arghandab district. As a result, 15 civilians — eight children, four women and three men — were killed and one woman was wounded,” Afghanistan’s interior ministry said in a statement. In another incident, at least one person was killed when a powerful blast rocked the Ghazni province.

“I confirm that a passerby was killed and four school children were injured in the blast,” provincial police chief Zarawar Zahid told Xinhua. A local official, who declined to be identified, said the blast happened at around 12.30 pm. Local time close to a military base of Afghan and Nato-led troops. Security forces cordoned off the blast site.