Five people, including three children, were killed on Monday when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb in southern Afghanistan, dpa cited police as saying. "The incident took place between Spin Boldak and Arghistan districts at 9:30 am [0500 GMT] on Monday, when they were on the way to visit their relatives," said Zia-ur-Rahman Durrani, the police spokesman for Kandahar province. All the victims were civilians and members of the same family, he said. Nobody claimed responsibility for the bombing.