Bomb blast kills three in Afghanistan

The remote-controlled device went off as a car carrying four Afghan nationals passed by on the main road near Kabul.

A bomb blast south of the Afghan capital killed three people and wounded another on Saturday, police said.

The remote-controlled device went off as a car carrying four Afghan nationals passed by on the main road in Musayi district, Kabul province, said Ali Shah Paktiawal, a police official.

The victims were all Afghans working for a local private security firm, which provides services to local and international non-governmental organisations, said Mohammad Daud Nadim, regional police chief.