Local Ghor provincial officials announced that at least six Independent Election Commission (IEC) employees were injured when their vehicle struck a roadside bomb on Sunday. The victims were part of a mobile team registering voters in rural parts of Ghor province.
The announcement marks the most recent incident in which IEC personnel have been killed or injured while carrying out their duties in the lead up to the spring elections. In September, five IEC employees were abducted in Faryab province and the Kunduz IEC chief was assassinated by the Taliban.
The Ghor Criminal Investigation Department (CID) said that Sunday's incident occurred when the IEC mobile registration team was traveling on a road in the Do Lina District.
Ghor IEC chief Salman Sharifi confirmed the attack and said the employees were on their way to the district center to distribute voter cards.
The IEC began nationwide mobile registration operations in September because there had been concerns raised about remote communities not having enough access to registration centers. The mobile registration program is expected to continue until November 11.
No one has yet claimed responsibility for Sunday's bombing.
Although the Taliban has called the elections "a waste of time," and taken a rather indifferent approach publically, recent incidents involving the targeting of IEC personnel suggest they are pursuing more aggressive tactics aimed at disrupting the electoral process.