SHIRIN TAGAB, Afghanistan, Feb. 26 (UPI) -- A total of 13 people died Saturday when two bombs went off in separate incidents in Afghanistan, officials said.
Four people were killed and 19 others hurt when a suicide bomber blew himself up at a sports field in northwest Afghanistan's Faryab province, officials said. The attack in Shirin Tagab happened while people were playing buzkashi, a team sport played on horseback, RIA Novosti reported.
Provincial Gov. Abdul Haq Shafiq said hundreds of people were watching the game when the bomb exploded.
In the other explosion, nine people, including four children, were killed when their minibus hit a roadside bomb in east Afghanistan's Kost province.
Friday, Taliban militants fired two rockets at a U.S. base in Afghanistan's Parwan province. While no casualities were reported by the U.S. military, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid claimed several foreigners were killed and wounded.
