Bombs kill 14 civilians in southern Afghanistan

Separate roadside blasts in southern Afghanistan have killed 14 civilians, including three children, officials said.

Separate roadside blasts in southern Afghanistan have killed 14 civilians, including three children, officials said. Daud Ahmadi, a spokesman for the Helmand provincial government, says 11 civilians were killed on Wednesday after their van hit a bomb in the Gereshk district of the province.

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Ahmadi blamed the Taliban for planting the bomb. Mohammad Shah Khan, a police official, says three children died after a bomb they found exploded while they were playing with it on a road west of Kandahar's capital.

Taliban regularly plant roadside bombs to attack Afghan and foreign troops but most victims of such attacks have been civilians.