Ahmad Nadeem / Reuters

An Afghan man attends to his wounded brother at a hospital after a roadside bomb blast in Panjwai district of Kandahar on May 24. Ten Afghan construction workers were killed and 28 wounded when their truck hit a roadside bomb in the Panjwai district of southern Kandahar province, said Kandahar health official Abdul Qayum Pukhla.

Afghan construction workers wounded in roadside bomb blast

According to our report today, violence is at its worst in Afghanistan since U.S.-backed forces toppled the Taliban in 2001. Last year saw record casualties on all sides and this year is following a similar trend.

See more images from Afghanistan in our slideshow.

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