Roadside bomb kills 10 Afghans

A roadside bomb exploded under a passenger van in southern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing 10 people, most of them women and children, government officials said. Eight people were wounded in the blast in the Deh Rawood district of Uruzgan province, President Hamid Karzai's office said in a statement. The Interior Ministry said 14 people were wounded. Most of the victims in Farah were also women and children, driving in a van as part of a wedding procession.