Bomb Strikes Wedding-Bound Bus in Afghanistan

At least 18 killed

A roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan killed 18 people, including at least five women, who were travelling to a wedding party by minibus, a local government official said on Sunday.

Violence has risen in Afghanistan this year as most foreign combat troops prepare to leave by the end of 2014.

"They were going to attend a wedding party when their minibus was hit by a roadside bomb… which killed 18 mostly females, including children," said the governor's spokesman, Shafiq Nang Safai.