Roadside bomb kills 20 in Nimroz province

A roadside bomb killed 20 people on a bus in Afghanistan on Wednesday morning, according to provincial governor Ghulam Dastgir. The crowded vehicle was travelling on a road through Nimroz province, in the south-west of the country near the Iranian border.

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The attack was apparently intended to strike a Nato convoy. Twenty-seven people were injured. The governor blamed the Taliban, although there was no immediate claim of responsibility.

“The roadside bomb struck a civilian bus this morning,” Azad told the AFP news agency. “The bomb had been planted by enemies because this morning a coalition convoy was supposed to cross the area.”

The bus was travelling from Delaram district, about 700 kilometres from Kabul, when the bomb exploded.