Five civilians, including two children, were killed in separate roadside bomb explosions in southern and eastern Afghanistan, the Afghan Interior Ministry said Sunday. Two children were killed and two others were wounded in blast that was triggered by explosives hidden in a bag placed near an irrigation canal in the southern city of Kandahar on Saturday, the ministry said in a statement. Another civilian was killed in the neighboring province of Helmand when a roadside bomb struck a NATO military convoy in Baba Jee area of Nahr Saraj district on Saturday, the statement said. Also on Saturday, two more civilians were killed in the eastern province of Laghman when their motorbike was blown up by a roadside mine, a separate police statement was quoted as saying by the German Press Agency "DPA" The ministry blamed the "enemies of Afghanistan," for the blasts.
