Thirteen Afghan civilians, including four women and two children, were killed Saturday when a roadside bomb ripped through their van in the country's south, the government said, according to AP. The Ministry of Interior said the morning explosion occurred in Shamulzayi district of Zabul province. Also in the south on Saturday, two gunmen on a motorcycle killed Wakil Mohammad Khan, a member of the local council in Nahri Sarraj district of Helmand province, the interior ministry said. Separately, NATO reported that a coalition service member was killed Friday in a roadside bombing in southern Afghanistan. No other details were disclosed.
