[ToloNews] At least six people were killed in a roadside kaboom blast in Kandahar province on Tuesday morning, local officials said.
The blast occurred at around 9am Kabul time in Dand district when a civilian vehicle was hit by a roadside kaboom.
Two women, two young men and two children were killed in the blast, security officials confirmed.
According to the officials, all victims are members of one family.
So far, no group has grabbed credit for the attack.
The vehicle was travelling from Kandahar's Dand district to the bucolic provincial capital when the bomb detonated near the car, killing everyone inside, according to provincial police front man Qasim Afghan.
Haji Abdullah, governor of Dand district, said the bomb was placed by the Taliban on a road frequently used by foreign and Afghan forces.
Years of conflict have left Afghanistan strewn with landmines, unexploded mortars, rockets and homemade bombs -- and many are picked up by curious children.
Last month, a landmine explosion killed seven children and wounded two others after one of the victims stepped on the ordnance in southern Afghanistan’s Ghazni.
According to the United Nations, almost 4,000 civilians -- including more than 900 children -- were killed in Afghanistan last year, with another 7,000 wounded, making it the deadliest year to date for civilians in Afghanistan's conflict. 
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