KABUL, June 1 (Xinhuanet) -- Two persons were killed and five injured in a controlled bomb attack in Afghan south province of Helmand on Wednesday noon.

    The news was confirmed by the chairman of Mine Detection Dog Center (MDC), a demining organization. "Two of our personnel were killed and five injured at about 12:30 p.m. in a roadside bomb explosion when they passed by Lashkargah, provincial capital of Helmand," Shahab Hakimi told Xinhua.

    The remote-controlled bomb was carried by a bicycle on the roadside, and the explosion happened when the car with several persons from MDC passed by, Hakimi added.

    A bomb explosion in a mosque killed 19 including a police chiefand injured 52 persons in Afghan southern province of Kandahar Wednesday morning.

    A similar controlled roadside bomb explosion injured at least eight persons in Afghan capital Kabul Monday morning. Enditem