Kabul: At least 10 people including eight policemnet and two civilians were killed in a roadside bomb on Thursday in the north-eastern Afghan province of Kunar.
According to Afghan officials, the blast in Dangam district in the troubled province bordering Pakistan hit a vehicle carrying four police officers who earlier escaped a separate roadside bomb and were being transported for treatment for wounds sustained in that attack.
“The four wounded policemen were put on a passing civilian vehicle by colleagues to get to a nearby clinic, but the vehicle struck another landmine laid by the Taliban,” Shinwari said.
No group or individual claimed responsibility for the attack, but both officials blamed Taliban militants for the attack.
Roadside bombs are the favourite weapons of Taliban militants fighting to oust the Western-backed government of President Hamid Karzai. Taliban indiscriminately place explosives to kill and hurt civilian.
Taliban militants have stepped up their fight against Afghan troops as the country’s forces are increasingly taking over security responsibility from US-led Nato troops.
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