KHOST - A roadside bomb has killed five Afghan policemen on patrol in the eastern province of Paktia, officials said on Sunday.

The blast in Zurmat district of the troubled province hit a police vehicle on Saturday evening and killed all five officers on board, provincial police chief Zulmai Oryakhail told AFP. The incident and death toll was confirmed by the provincial governor’s spokesman Naqib Ahmad Attal.

No group or individual immediately claimed responsibility but both officials blamed Taliban militants for the attack.