Roadside bomb kills 4 in E Afghanistan
18:55, 26 February 2009
KABUL. February 26. KAZINFORM Four guards of a road construction company were killed in a mine explosion in Paktika province east of Afghanistan Thursday, spokesman of provincial administration Hamidullah Zawak said.
"It was 11:30 a.m. local time when a mine planted by militants struck a car of the road construction company outside provincial capital Sharana killing four local guards," Zawak told Xinhua.
The company was a local one and is involved in asphalting the roads in the province, he added.
He blamed Taliban insurgents for the incident but the outfit has yet to claim responsibility; Kazinform cites Xinhua.