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Four militants killed when own IED explodes prematurely
Four Taliban militants were killed and at least four others wounded when an IED they were building exploded prematurely, the 209th Shaheen Corps said in a statement on Monday.
According to the statement, the group was making a roadside bomb in a mosque in Balkh province when the explosion happened.
209th Shaheen Corps said the explosion also destroyed a large cache of additional explosives and other bomb-making material.
The Taliban has not yet commented.
Meanwhile, in other provinces, Afghan National Police conducted several separate counter-terrorism operations.
Operations were conducted over the past 24 hours in Paktika, Ghazni and Zabul provinces where ANP bomb disposal units detected and defused a number of roadside bombs.
According to the Ministry of Interior: “ANP bomb disposal unit detected seven roadside bombs after several hours of efforts and point to point search operations in Paktika, Ghazni and Zabul provinces.
“The terrorists had planted the bombs to target the innocent civilians.”