...the Pashtun equivalent of men...on a roadside in a key highway in the southern province of Uruzgan on Saturday morning, an official said.
Uruzgan governor Mohammad Omar Shirzad said the earth-shattering kaboom happened in the Sorkhbait area on the outskirts of Tarinkot city, the center of the province.
Shirzad said four more, including three children and a woman who were traveling in the same vehicle, were maimed in the earth-shattering kaboom.
No group has grabbed credit for the attack.
This comes amidst a sharp increase in violence in the country despite peace efforts.
Figures by security agencies indicate that roughly 30 security force members and civilians were either killed or maimed in attacks and security incidents in 10 provinces on Thursday and Friday.
Maidan Wardak, Balkh, Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
, Ghor, Kandahar, Badghis, Kabul, Paktia and Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
witnessed security incidents in the last two days, according to security agencies.
Media outlets in the country reported that within 48 hours 30 civilians were either killed or wounded in security incidents in Maidan Wardak, Balkh, Herat, Kandahar, Ghor, Badghis, Kabul, Paktia, and Nangarhar.