Kabul ( CNN ) -- A truck and a minibus collided in Afghanistan on Friday , killing 17 people , a provincial government spokesman said . Nine more were injured in the crash in Nangarhar province , according to Ahmadzia Abdulzai . Elsewhere in the country , two roadside bombs killed at least five people Friday , a police spokesman said . Four police officers died when their patrol hit a roadside bomb in Kandahar province , said the spokesman , Zia Duranai . In the same province , a district governor was killed after running over a roadside bomb on his motorbike , he said .
Six people were injured in the blast in Nangarhar province , a government spokesman says . In Kandahar province , four police officers died when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb . A district governor was killed when his motorbike hit a bomb in the same province .