A member of the Afghan security force looks into a car, which was damaged after a blast in the eastern city of Jalalabad, in Nangarhar province July 12, 2014. REUTERS/Parwiz
KANDAHAR Afghanistan (Reuters) - Eight civilians including five women were killed when a roadside bomb blew up their vehicle in southern Afghanistan, local officials said on Saturday.
The United Nations said this week that the Afghan war was inflicting an increasingly devastating toll on civilians, with the number of casualties rising by almost a quarter in the first half of this year.
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