Afghan official: Roadside bomb kills family of 5 in southern Afghanistan
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}An Afghan government official says a roadside bomb has killed a family of five in the south of the country.
The administrator for Miyanishin district in Helmand province, Shah Mahmood Shafa, says the family was driving through the district in a Toyota Corolla Saturday night when their car struck a bomb. He did not say if the explosion had targeted them, or how the bomb was detonated.
Shafa says two of the dead were young children.
{{#rendered}} {{/rendered}}Insurgent roadside bombs and landmines are considered among the most dangerous weapons in Afghanistan for civilians.