Blast in Paktia has killed 12 members of a family.
Paktia police say 12 members of a family were killed and two others were injured when a Taliban roadside bomb exploded in Paktia’s Sayed Karam district.
Hayatullah Nezami Ahmadzai, spokesman for the Paktia Police Command, said on Sunday, August 8, that a mine had exploded last Saturday night in the Cheniyeh district of Sayed Karam district in Paktia province.
Nezami said 12 people, including women and children, were killed and two others were injured in the blast.
Paktia police spokesman said the mine had been planted on the highway.
