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Two die after bomb blast in southern Afghanistan
By BNO News
MAIWAND, AFGHANISTAN (BNO NEWS) -- Two civilians were killed on Sunday and more than a dozen others were injured when an improvised explosive device (IED) exploded in southern Afghanistan, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said.
The explosion happened in the Maiwand district of Kandahar Province, not far from the city of Kandahar, on Sunday morning. ISAF said one of its patrols came across the victims after the strike, and provided immediate medical assistance to eleven injured civilians.
The IED was placed on a secondary road south of Highway 1, the main road from Kandahar to the Nahr-e Saraj district in Helmand Province, the alliance said.
"Our enemies continue to kill and wound innocent civilians through these barbaric attacks," said Colonel Rafael Torres, ISAF Joint Command Combined Joint Operations Center director. "We will continue to hunt down those responsible for these attacks in our effort to secure a peaceful and stable Afghanistan."
The casualties from the blast were transported by ISAF to local medical facilities for additional treatment.
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