17 killed when bus hits roadside bomb in western Afghanistan

KABUL, Afghanistan – Afghan officials say 17 civilians have been killed by a roadside bomb in western Afghanistan.

Abdul Rahman Zhuwandai, a spokesman for Farah province, says the civilians killed were on a bus traveling on Friday to a wedding in Pusht Rod district.

He says most of the victims were women and children.

He says at least 10 others were wounded in the afternoon explosion