Explosive Justice? 30 Taliban killed in own IED explosion
30 Taliban killed in own IED explosion
By Khaama Press / in Afghanistan
Security sources say a bomb blast at a mosque in Balkh province has killed at least 30 militants.
The 209th Shaheen Corps said in a statement on Saturday that 30 Taliban fighters including six foreign nationals who were expert mine makers had been killed in a bomb explosion this morning.
According to the statement, bodies of the six Taliban affiliated foreign nationals could not be identified because of the blast.
The incident is reported to have taken place when a group of Taliban militants gathered at a mosque in the village of Qultaq in Dowlatabad district of Balkh province.
Taliban fighters had gathered in the mosque to get instructions and training on making bombs and IEDs.
In another Incident two children were killed in an IED planted by the Taliban in Qotar Blaq village of Imam Sahib district in Kunduz province, security officials reported
This comes as Taliban attacks and violence have raged across the country despite stalled peace talks and efforts for stability.
Taliban on the other sees the reduction and ceasefire conditionally based on full US troops withdrawal.
Also 13 Feb, Khaama reported:
A military Humvee loaded with explosives, targeted an Afghan security outpost in southern Kandahar province on Saturday.
Ministry of Interior, spokesman, Tariq Arian tweeted that at least 12 people were wounded when the vehicle loaded with explosives targeted police members in the Kohak area in the Arghandab district of the province.
According to the officials, the incident happened at around 7:30 a.m today.
This comes as three civilians, and a policeman was injured when an IED targeted a ranger type vehicle in Jalalabad city of Nangarhar province on Saturday morning.
In another incident, at least four local policemen and their commander were killed in Chapa Dara district of eastern Kunar, on Friday.
The incident happened when armed militants attacked their outpost.
Meanwhile, Two DAESH members were arrested and the other involved in targeted killings was killed by NDS forces in PD6 of Jalalabad city in Nangarhar province.
2017 a similar incident:
At least thirty Taliban insurgents were killed after suicide attack vests exploded prematurely among the gathering of Taliban militants in western Farah province of Afghanistan.
According to the local government officials, the incident took place on second week in August, 2017 in the restive Bala Bolok district.
Provincial governor’s spokesman Nasir Mehri confirmed the incident and said the Taliban insurgents were killed after two suicide bombings vests went off prematurely.
He said a number of the senior Taliban commanders were also among those killed.
According to Mehri, several Taliban insurgents had gathered in a meeting in a village to discuss plans for a coordinated attack on the security posts when the incident took place.
In the meantime, the Taliban insurgents denied the reports and said no such incident has taken place to claim the lives of scores of Taliban insurgents.
This comes as the Taliban-led insurgency has been rampant during the recent months as pressures on the rise in the battleground and on international level to restrict the group’s activities and freedom of action they have in their sanctuaries in the region.