8 Dec 2011

Civilians killed by bomb

11:22 am on 8 December 2011

in Afghanistan. Many were from the same family.

A roadside bomb has killed 19 civilians in southern Helmand province

in Afghanistan.

Women and children are among the dead. They included seven women and five children. Many were from the same family.

Five other people were wounded. The BBC reports they are being treated at a NATO base.