Twenty-three Afghan civilians were killed on Friday when a roadside bomb blew up their mini-van travelling in the Nahri Sarraj district of volatile Helmand province in southern Afghanistan.
Afghan commander Sayed Malook of 205 Maiwand Army corps in Helmand province said the vehicle was on its way to the provincial capital Lashkar Gah when it was hit.
23 Afghan civilians killed in roadside bomb
