Premature blast kills 7 militants in N. Afghanistan

Seven Taliban fighters were killed and two others injured after their explosive device went off prematurely in Imam Sahib district of Afghanistan's northern Kunduz province on Sunday, district governor Mahboubullah Sayedi said.

"Seven Taliban militants were killed and two others critically wounded, when they were preparing a mine to plant on road in Imam Sahib district to target security forces but the device exploded prematurely early today morning killing seven on the spot and injuring two others," Sayedi said.

Confirming the incident, Nasratullah Jamshidi, an army spokesman in the northern region said that seven Taliban fighters were killed in the blast of their own bomb in Kunduz early Sunday.

Taliban militants are yet to make comment on the report.

(ASIA PACIFIC DAILY)