05 September 2016

News Story: Premature bomb blast kills 3 militants in N. Afghanistan

KUNDUZ, Afghanistan, Sept. 4 (Xinhua) -- Three Taliban militants lost their lives in the premature blast of a mine they wanted to plant on a road in Kunduz province on Sunday, an army spokesman in the province, Nasratullah Jamshidi said.

"Three Taliban rebels were attempting to plant a mine on a road in Khan Abad district early Sunday to target security convoys but the device went off accidentally killing all the trio militants on the spot," Jamshidi told Xinhua.

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