JALALABAD, Afghanistan, June 30 (Xinhua) -- Seven civilians were killed and five others wounded after a van hit a roadside bomb in the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar on Friday, the provincial government said.
The incident occurred in Achin district of the province, 120 km east of Kabul at around midday, it said in a statement.
No woman or child were among the victims and the injured were shifted to a hospital in neighboring Ghani Khel district, the statement added.
It blamed the Islamic State (IS) militants for planting the bomb in the district which is a known IS stronghold.
About 715 civilians were killed and over 1,460 others injured in conflict-related incidents across Afghanistan in the first three months of the year, according to figures released by the UN mission in the country.
The mission has attributed 62 percent of the casualties over the period to the Taliban and other insurgent groups, 21 percent to security forces while the rest 17 percent were unattributed to or caused by explosive remnants of war.
