Five people, including a policeman and a child, were killed by roadside bombing in two Afghanistan’s eastern provinces.

Five people, including a policeman and a child, were killed by roadside bombing in two Afghanistan’s eastern provinces, TASS news agency said.

In Laghman province, three civilians and a policeman were killed in the provincial capital of Mihtarlam on Thursday morning.

A suspect was detained after police cordoned off the scene.

Another child was killed in a similar incident in Jalalabad, the capital of neighboring Nangarhar province.