Several killed as roadside bomb targets minibus in Afghanistan

The bus was bringing staff and students to Alberoni University in northern Kapisa province, the interior ministry says.

A roadside bomb hit a minibus carrying university lecturers and students in Afghanistan’s northern Kapisa province, killing at least four people and wounding 11 others, officials said. Interior ministry spokesman Tariq Arian said the minibus was targeted on Saturday while transferring the group to Alberoni University. Provincial police spokesman Shayeq Shoresh said the bomb was set off by remote control. Some of the wounded were in critical condition, said Hamed Obaidi, a spokesman for the ministry of higher education.