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19 January 2011
Last updated at 04:14 ET
A roadside bomb has killed 13 civilians in eastern Afghanistan, government officials said.
The interior ministry said in a statement that the vehicle, a motorised rickshaw, was hit on Wednesday morning.
The dead include women and children. The attack took place in Khoshamand district in Paktika province.
It is not known who carried out the attack, but the area on Pakistan's border is a stronghold of the Taliban and al-Qaeda militants.
The interior ministry blamed the attack on "enemies of Afghanistan's people" - a phrase often used to describe the Taliban.
A police investigation has been launched, it said.
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The interior ministry said in a statement that the vehicle, a motorised rickshaw, was hit on Wednesday morning.
The dead include women and children. The attack took place in Khoshamand district in Paktika province.
It is not known who carried out the attack, but the area on Pakistan's border is a stronghold of the Taliban and al-Qaeda militants.
The interior ministry blamed the attack on "enemies of Afghanistan's people" - a phrase often used to describe the Taliban.
A police investigation has been launched, it said.
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