A civilian has been killed and another injured in a landmine blast in Afghanistan, officials said Tuesday. The mine planted by suspected anti-government rebels exploded when a vehicle passed over it in the western city of Herat on Monday, interior ministry spokesman Lutfullah Mashal told AFP.

In another incident a roadside bomb went off in the Panjwai district of southern Kandahar province the same day, he said. It caused no casualties but damaged a bulldozer.

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