KABUL, Aug. 6 (Xinhua) -- Six civilians were killed and one civilian was wounded after a roadside bomb struck a van in Afghanistan's western Nimroz province on Wednesday, the country's Defense Ministry confirmed Thursday.
"The Improvised Explosive Device (IED) explosion occurred in Khash Rod district when the innocent civilians were travelling on the van in the desert region. The pressure-plate IED was planted by the enemies of the peace," the ministry said in a statement.
Militants in Afghanistan have been using home-made IEDs to make roadside bombs and landmines to target security forces, but the lethal weapons also inflict casualties on civilians.
More than 800 civilians were killed and over 2,330 others wounded in IED explosions in 2019 in the central Asian country. Enditem
