Four Afghan soldiers were killed late Monday in a bomb blast in the province of Logar, officials said Tuesday.

Four Afghan soldiers were killed late Monday in a bomb blast in the province of Logar, officials said Tuesday.

The Afghan soldiers and their interpreter were killed when they “were patrolling a local bazaar in Charkh district when the bomb which was planted near a shop exploded,” Din Mohammad Darvish, a provincial spokesman in Pul-e-Alam, the main town in Logar province, told AFP news agency.