A minibus struck a roadside bomb while driving down a road in southern Afghanistan on Monday, setting off an explosion that killed five passengers.

One woman and four children died and another six passengers were wounded, said Fareed Ayal, a spokesman for the Uruzgan provincial police. Ayal said the vehicle had just left the main market area in Chor district when it hit the buried explosive. He said two brothers and their families were traveling in the minibus.