KABUL, Afghanistan — A roadside bomb probably intended for Afghan or NATO forces killed five civilians in southern Afghanistan, while militants killed six Afghans driving a convoy of trucks to a NATO base, officials said Sunday.
The bomb hit a taxi late Saturday in the Panjwayi district of Kandahar province. Five civilians were killed and three wounded, said Shah Baran, the local government leader.
In neighboring Helmand province, militants attacked a convoy of trucks carrying gravel to a NATO base, killing four drivers and two security guards, said the guards’ employer.
And in Zabul province, the director of the province’s Peace and Reconciliation Commission — which helps former fighters renounce militancy and re-enter lawful society — was killed by gunmen on the highway.
A security guard and driver were missing, said Gulab Shah Alikhail, the spokesman for Zabul’s governor.
