At least four militants affiliated with the Islamic State of Iraq and Syria (ISIS) terrorist group were blown up by own explosives in eastern Kunar province of Afghanistan.

The 201st Silab Corps of the Afghan Military in the East said the incident took place on Wednesday in the vicinity of Chapa Dara district.

The source further added that four ISIS militants were blown up in Wach Nawa area while they were planting an improvised explosive device on a roadside.

According to the Silab Corps, at least two of the militants were killed and two others were wounded after they were blown up in a premature explosion.

The anti-government armed militant groups frequently use explosives materials for the roadside bombings and car bombings to target the government staff and security personnel.

However, in majority of such incidents the ordinary civilians are targeted besides such bombings incur casualties to the security personnel and in some cases the Taliban militants themselves are killed or wounded.

A total of 10,453 civilian casualties – 3,438 people killed and 7,015 injured – were documented in the 2017 Annual Report released last month by the UN Assistance Mission in Afghanistan (UNAMA) and the UN Human Rights Office.

The report further added that the high number of casualties to the civilians were inflicted by suicide bombings and other attacks using improvised explosive devices (IEDs).