Seven Afghans killed in bus bomb

A bomb planted on a minibus killed seven Afghans when it exploded in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday, the country's interior ministry said. Nine others were wounded.A bomb planted on a road ripped through a minibus in eastern Afghanistan on Wednesday and killed seven passengers, the interior ministry said, blaming the attack on insurgents."There was an IED (improvised explosive device) planted by the enemies of the people of Afghanistan that hit the vehicle," ministry spokesman Zemarai Bashary told AFP."As a result seven civilians, including a woman, were killed and nine other civilians wounded" in the attack in Khost, he said.