Nasrat Rahimi, a front man for the Ministry of Interior said an improvised bomb planted on a roadside went off at around 3 pm on Monday.
Rahimi further added that the earth-shattering kaboom took place in Sheikhan Village of Azra district which killed a child and maimed eight others.
No individual or group including Taliban
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has so far grabbed credit for the incident.
Talibs frequently use improvised bombs to target the security forces and government personnel but majority of such attacks inflict casualties ordinary civilians.