Roadside Bomb Kills 20 Afghan Civilians on Way to Wedding

Minibus Hit Roadside Bomb in Ghazni Province

At least 20 people are dead today, including 14 women and a child, in the Afghanistan province of Ghazni after their minibus hit a roadside bomb.

The bus was unlikely to be the intended target, and just happened upon the bomb on its way to a wedding party. No group has claimed responsibility but the Taliban is presumably to blame.

The Andar District, where the blast occurred, has a significant Taliban presence, and they regularly plant roadside bombs in an attempt to hit military convoys in the area.

As with a lot of the tactics on both sides of the seemingly endless war, civilians have paid a heavy toll in the areas where their use are common, and civilian casualties remain enormous nationwide.

Author: Jason Ditz

Jason Ditz is Senior Editor for Antiwar.com. He has 20 years of experience in foreign policy research and his work has appeared in The American Conservative, Responsible Statecraft, Forbes, Toronto Star, Minneapolis Star-Tribune, Providence Journal, Washington Times, and the Detroit Free Press.