At least nine non-combatants were killed and 18 others maimed in a kaboom in Kandahar Province on Monday afternoon, the provincial governor Hayatullah Hayat said.
Hayat told TOLOnews that the earth-shattering kaboom happened at around 2 pm Kabul time in Darzab area in Khakrez district of the province.
He said the roadside kaboom hit a truck which was carrying civilians.
Eyewitnesses said some women were also among the victims.
Hayat said that those maimed in the earth-shattering kaboom were taken to Mirwais Hospital in the province.
Hayat claimed that the Taliban
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is behind the incident.
Taliban has not commented on the report.
This comes after a sharp rise in civilian casualties in the ongoing violence in the country. Recently attacks claimed by the Taliban in Kabul, Ghazni and Badghis provinces left dozens of civilians dead many others maimed.
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Furthermore, Gen. Tadin Khan blamed the Taliban
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group for pursuing violence and planting the improvised bomb.