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Premature blast kills 7 Afghan Taliban

Xinhua, June 23, 2016 Adjust font size:

Seven Taliban militants including a group commander were killed as their explosive device exploded prematurely in the eastern Afghanistan's Logar province on Thursday, Interior Ministry said in a statement released here.

"Seven Taliban militants including their commander Abdul Rauf were planting a mine on a road outside provincial capital Pul-e-Alam early Thursday to target security personnel but the device exploded prematurely killing all on the spot," the statement said.

Rauf and his team had active role in organizing attacks on security forces and planting roadside bombings in Logar province and adjoining areas, the statement said.

Taliban militants are yet to make comment on the report. Endit