KANDAHAR : Seven people were killed and three children injured Thursday when a car hit a mine in southern Afghanistan, officials said, in a blast bearing the hallmarks of Taliban militants.
The civilians, all in one car, were travelling to a shrine in southern Kandahar province's restive Khakriz district when it hit the improvised bomb, a weapon of choice for Taliban and other militants.
"Seven civilians -- five women and two men -- were killed and three children aged from two to eight were wounded," Zalmai Ayoubi, a spokesman for the provincial administration, told AFP.
He did not blame any group for the bombing but similar devices are widely used by Taliban militants in their campaign against the US-backed government in Kabul and its Western military backers.
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