One other was maimed in the blast, according to officials.
The provincial governor's front man Gulsalam Siyal said the blast occurred this afternoon around 12:00 pm local time when the company employees' vehicle was hit by roadside mine in Zeyarat area of Shahr-e-Safa district.
The company also confirmed the casualties.
So far no group has grabbed credit for the incident.
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of placing a bomb on the road in the Shahr-e-Safa district, which destroyed the vehicle, and killed the passengers.
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the Taliban did take responsibility for a roadside kabooming that killed two American service members and maimed two others in southern Afghanistan last week.
Over the last couple of years, the Taliban expanded their domain and now control roughly half of Afghanistan. They continue to attack Afghan and US forces even though peace talks and a promising agreement on a temporary ceasefire in Afghanistan is going on.