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Eight civilians including five women were killed when a roadside bomb blew up their vehicle in southern Afghanistan, local officials said on Saturday. The United Nations said this week that the Afghan war was inflicting an increasingly devastating toll on civilians, with the number of casualties rising by almost a quarter in the first half of this year. "They were traveling from Pajwai district to Kandahar city to visit a doctor and do some shopping for the upcoming Eid al-Fitr (Muslim holiday)," said Dawa Khan Minapal, a spokesman for provincial governor. "But their vehicle was targeted by a roadside bomb freshly planted by the Taliban and this tragedy happened." He added: "Their dead bodies are still in the area and police have already transferred two wounded children from the incident to a provincial hospital".More...