Civilians Die In Tractor Bomb Attack In Paktia

A roadside bomb killed four civilians and wounded two others Monday in Paktia province in eastern Afghanistan, Deutsche Presse-Agentur reports.

A NATO statement said coalition forces transported the wounded to a hospital in Zurmat district.

The civilians were on a tractor at the time, said officials, but early accounts were unclear whether the bomb was on the road or the tractor.

Elsewhere in the east, a suicide bomber detonated his explosive vest in Nangarhar province's...