Five Afghan village elders were killed and four wounded when militants attacked a vehicle in the country's northern Faryab province, Xinhua reported on Thursday.
The insurgents struck the vehicle with a rocket-propelled grenade on Wednesday, NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said.
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No one has so far claimed responsibility for the incident.
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