(KUNA) -- Only a civilian was injured in a botched up suicide attack in southern Afghanistan while six members of a family were killed as roof of their house collapsed due to heavy rains and snowfall in the eastern zone of the country on Thursday.In the first incident, a suicide bomber blew up the explosives fastened to his body in Qalat, capital of the country's Zabul province, police officials and local said.
There was no military or police vehicle in the nearby area, where the explosion took place, said a spokesman for Zabul governor. Taliban militants, who usually claim responsibility for such blasts, so far did not issue any comment.
Earlier, the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) had informed about the killing of one of soldiers and injuries to another in a landmine blast in the same southern zone.
In eastern Afghanistan, six members of a family were killed as the roof of their house collapsed due to heavy snowfall and rains.
The roof collapse occurred in Nangarhar province, where the rains are lashing several areas over the previous few days.