Woman and child killed in roadside bomb in Afghanistan

A roadside bomb struck a tractor in eastern Afghanistan today, killing three people, including a woman and a child and wounded seven other civilians, an official said.

The blast hit the family as they were travelling between villages in Ali Sher district of Khost province, said Gul Mohamaddin Mohammadi, a provincial health official.

A woman and a seven-year-old child were among those killed in the blast. Seven other people, including a woman and three other children were wounded, Mohammadi said.

The explosion happened on a road also used by foreign and Afghan troops. Militants regularly target these forces with roadside and suicide bombs, but most of the victims have been civilians.