Blast kills 2 foreigners, 3 Afghans

The bomb ripped through a vehicle carrying the men who were working for the USPI security firm in Nimroz province, governor Ghulam Dastageer Azad told AFP.

"Two foreign nationals, their two Afghan bodyguards and their Afghan driver were killed in a roadside remote-controlled bomb attack today in Nimroz," Azad said.

A local policeman, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the foreign nationals were South Africans but this could not be immediately confirmed.

The officer said the men were maintaining security for a Turkish reconstruction company in the area, which borders Iran.