KABUL, Oct. 15 (Xinhua) -- A bomb explosion killed two civilians and injured three others on Sunday in the western Herat province of Afghanistan, local police told Xinhua.

    "The incident took place in Pul-e-Tawa area at around 09:30 a.m., killing two civilians and wounding three others," a senior police official in Herat city Nisar Ahmad Paikar said.

    During the incident, a bomb was planted on a handcart to attack NATO forces in the area, he added.

    Meanwhile, an official at Interior Ministry Gul Jahan told Xinhua that the bomb was apparently targeting some German advisors to the training of Afghan police in the province.

    Due to rising Taliban-linked violence this year, Afghanistan has plunged into the worst spate of bloodshed since the Taliban regime was toppled down nearly five years ago.

    In the past months, numerous bomb attacks have stricken this country.

    Just on Saturday, six Afghan soldiers were killed as a roadside bomb struck their convoy in the eastern Paktia province.

    On the same day, a bomb targeting the governor of the eastern Laghman province killed one government employee and injured two others.

    Over 2,400 people, mostly Taliban militants, have been killed in this volatile country this year. Enditem