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Afghan security forces detain two Taliban bomb experts: official

Xinhua, July 21, 2016 Adjust font size:

The personnel of Afghan law enforcement agencies had captured two Taliban bomb experts in the country's northern province of Jawzjan, the provincial governor said on Thursday.

"The personnel of the national intelligence agency detained two Taliban bomb and Improvised Explosive Device (IED) experts and discovered a terrorist bunker containing war arsenal and provision following a recent operation in Mardyan district, Jawzjan province," Governor Lutfullah Azizi told Xinhua.

More than 4,000 rounds of AK-47 gun's bullets and 80 rounds of mortar's shell were among other items found in the Taliban bunker in the province with Shiberghan as its capital 390 km north of Kabul, the official added.

The Taliban militant group has been using IEDs to target security forces but the lethal weapons also inflict casualties on civilians.

Taliban-led attacks and insurgency claimed the lives of over 3,540 civilians and injured 7,450 others across Afghanistan in 2015 and out of the casualties, 713 civilians were killed and some 1,650 injured by IED explosions last year, according to figures provided by UN mission in the country.

The militant group has yet to make comments. Enditem