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Suspected Taliban militants killed in Afghanistan blast

| @indiablooms | Jan 19, 2018, at 10:06 pm

Kabul, Jan 19 (IBNS): Two suspected Talibans were killed in a blast caused by the explosives they were carrying in Afghanistan's Nangarhar province, media reports said.

One person was injured in the incident.

"The three men were carrying explosives on a bike on Wednesday when the explosives went off accidently in the 6th police district of Jalalabad city," reported Pajhwok Afghan News.

Attaullah Khogyani, the governor’s spokesman, told the news agency that the incident took place in Family area.

The Taliban, however, did not confirm the incident.

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