At least six militants were killed or wounded in an explosion triggered by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) in southeastern Ghazni province of Afghanistan.
The Ministry of Defense (MoD) says the incident has taken place in the vicinity of Andar district of Ghazni.
The source further added that the explosion has left at least five militants dead while another militant was wounded.
Taliban and other militants often use IED as the weapon of their choice to target the security forces and government but in majority of such attacks ordinary civilians are targeted, besides such attacks often claims the lives of the militants as well.
The UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) in its latest report stated that 1,692 civilians were killed in the first six months of 2018.
According to UNAMA, the use of improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in attacks by Anti-Government Elements remained the leading cause of civilian casualties.
“The combined use of suicide and non-suicide IEDs caused nearly half of all civilian casualties. Continuing trends first documented last year by UNAMA, the majority of IED casualties were caused by suicide and complex attacks, which again were responsible for record high civilian casualties, resulting in 1,413 civilian casualties (427 deaths and 986 injured), a 22 per cent increase,” UNAMA said.
Source : Afghan Voice Agency(AVA)
