A roadside bomb struck a microbus in eastern Afghanistan on Monday, killing six people, in the blast, an Afghan official said.
A spokesman of the governor of the Ghazni province, named Arif Noori, said women and children were among those killed in the blast, which also injured three people.
Elsewhere in Ghazni, at least three local police and 10 Taliban fighters were lost lives in clashes, Mr Noori said.
The Taliban have agreed to a three-day cease-fire to coincide with a Muslim holiday later this week.
Somewhere in Afghanistan, A suicide bomber injured at least 10 civilians when he struck near the education department in the eastern city of Jalalabad, said Attahullah Khogyani, spokesman for the provincial governor of Nangarhar province.
He said three other suicide bombers were eliminated by security forces as they attempt to enter the building. He said a vehicle filled with explosives was intercepted near the scene of the attack.
In a separate attack in the same province, a sticky bomb wounded 14 civilians in the Chaparhar district, according to hospital spokesman Inamullah Mikhail.
Gen. Ghulam Sanayee Stanekzai, provincial police chief in Nangarhar, said the bomb went off as people were shopping in a market.
No one claimed either attack. Both the Taliban and an Islamic States affiliate are active in eastern Afghanistan, especially Nangarhar.
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