A roadside bomb killed seven members of a family in Taliban-infested eastern Afghanistan on Friday, officials said, an attack bearing chilling similarities to a recent bombing in a neighbouring province. The victims - among them four children and a woman - were killed when a bomb detonated against their Toyota sedan in Baraki Barak district of Logar province.
"As a result of the blast today afternoon, seven members of a family - all civilians - were martyred," Logar provincial police chief Abdul Hakim Ishaqzai told AFP.
Mohammad Rahim, the district governor of Baraki Barak, confirmed the fatalities.
No group has so far claimed responsibility for the attack, but roadside bombs have been a weapon of choice for the Taliban in their battle against the US-backed government and foreign forces.
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