GHAZNI, Afghanistan, Feb. 2 (Xinhua) -- Two women were killed and five people were wounded in an explosion in Afghanistan's eastern province of Ghazni on Friday, a provincial government spokesman said.
"The incident occurred in the morning after a vehicle carrying seven people was struck by an improvised explosive device (IED) in Cherli village, Gellan District. The victims were travelling to attend a praying ceremony in a graveyard on the outskirts of the village," spokesman Harif Noori told Xinhua.
Among those injured were a woman and all the affected people were from the same family, he said, adding the injured were shifted to a nearby hospital.
Taliban militants and Islamic State fighters have been using roadside bombs and landmines to target security forces, but the lethal home-made weapons also inflict casualties on civilians.
Some 2,640 civilians were killed and over 5,370 others injured in conflict-related incidents in the first nine months of 2017, according to United Nations mission.
The IED and landmine explosions were the third major cause of civilians' casualties following ground fighting and suicide attacks across the country.
