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11 December 2010
Last updated at 01:31 ET
Fifteen people have been killed by a roadside bomb in Afghanistan, provincial officials say.
The explosion reportedly hit a truck carrying civilians in southern Afghanistan on Friday afternoon.
The office of the governor of Helmand province said the blast happened in the village of Khan Neshin, the Associated Press reported.
Helmand province is one of the most violent regions of Afghanistan, with Nato troops battling Taliban rebels.
The attack happened as a pickup truck carrying villagers to a nearby bazaar rolled over the bomb and detonated it, said Daoud Ahmadi, spokesman for the provincial governor.
Four people had been injured in the blast, he told the AFP news agency.
Mr Ahmadi blamed Taliban militants for planting the bomb.
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The explosion reportedly hit a truck carrying civilians in southern Afghanistan on Friday afternoon.
The office of the governor of Helmand province said the blast happened in the village of Khan Neshin, the Associated Press reported.
Helmand province is one of the most violent regions of Afghanistan, with Nato troops battling Taliban rebels.
The attack happened as a pickup truck carrying villagers to a nearby bazaar rolled over the bomb and detonated it, said Daoud Ahmadi, spokesman for the provincial governor.
Four people had been injured in the blast, he told the AFP news agency.
Mr Ahmadi blamed Taliban militants for planting the bomb.
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