[Quqnoos] A roadside bomb hit a civilian vehicle in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar on Wednesday, killing six men, officials said The bomb hit the vehicle as they were travelling to meet government officials in the Pacheragam district of Nangarhar province, a spokesman for the local government, Ahmad Zia Abdulzai said. "Two of the killed are tribal elders and four of them are employees of a private Afghan construction company in the province," the spokesman further said. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the attack but Afghanistan has suffered a surge in violence ahead of presidential and provincial council elections on August 20.
Air Strike
Meanwhile, tens of locals in a protest rally in southern Kandahar province claim that an air strike, likely carried out overnight by foreign forces, has killed six civilians in the restive Arghandab district on Tuesday. A provincial police official, Mohammad Shah Farooqi, confirmed the air strike that according to him, it has killed four civilians, including two kids, and wounding one more.