Kabul, March 21, 2010, SPA -- A roadside bomb killed two civilians Sunday as a series of blasts targeted people celebrating the Afghan New Year, officials said. The deaths occurred in Khost province southeast of Kabul near a large crowd that gathered at a mountaintop shrine to celebrate Nowruz, the start of spring and the traditional New Year, according to a report of the Associated Press. The blast also wounded four others, said Khost police Chief Yaqoub Khan, who was about 40 yards (meters) away when the blast occurred but was not injured. He said Afghan and U.S. forces provided enough security to prevent a deadlier attack «but unfortunately the enemy uses every means and planted a bomb just off the road.» --SPA 11:50 LOCAL TIME 08:50 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/760850