Roundup: Land mines as lethal weapon claims 10 lives in Afghanistan in 3 days

Land mines and explosive devices which have been used as lethal weapon by anti-government militants have claimed the lives of 10 people and injured eight others, mostly civilians since Saturday elsewhere in the militancy-plagued Afghanistan.

In the latest violent bombing which happened in the central Ghazni province late Sunday night had killed two innocent civilians including two women and injured four others, spokesman for Ghazni's provincial government Shafiq Nang said Monday. "A mine planted by militants on a road in Andar district struck a car Sunday night leaving two women dead and injuring four others including a child and the driver," Nang told reporters.

Taliban militants fighting the government are largely relying on suicide and roadside bombings are yet to claim responsibility.

A day earlier on Saturday, in a similar incident three children were killed and four others injured as a roadside bomb organized by the armed insurgents struck a civilian car in Shirzad district of the eastern Nangarhar province, spokesman for Nangarhar provincial government Ahmad Zia Abdulzai said.

According to Abdulzai, the explosive device planted by militants on a road in Shirzad district, Nangarhar province struck a car Saturday evening killing three innocent children and injuring four others including two women.

Although Taliban hasn't claim responsibility, locals have pointed fingers at the armed insurgent group for organizing the deadly roadside bombings.

The lethal weapon of roadside bombings have also claimed the lives of five Afghan army soldiers elsewhere in the country since Saturday, the Defense Ministry said in a statement released on Monday.

Civilians often bear the brunt of conflicts in Afghanistan as nearly 3,700 civilians were killed and more than 6,800 others wounded in conflicts and Taliban-led militancy in 2014 in the battle-weary country, according to a report released in February by the UN mission here. Endi