Blast kills 4 members of Taliban cmdr. family in Afghanistan
At least four family members of a regional Taliban commander have been killed in a powerful explosion in troubled western Afghanistan, security sources say.
Local Afghan security officials said on Monday that the fatal blast took place inside the house of a local Taliban commander in the western province of Farah, leaving his mother, wife and two children dead.
Sources say the exact circumstances surrounding the incident are unknown. However, it is believed that the incident took place during the manufacturing process of an Improvised Explosive Device (IED).
Also on June 11, a truck explosion in the central eastern province of Maidan Wardak left at least five Taliban militants dead and four civilians injured. The truck exploded at the residence of a senior Taliban commander in the town of Bandchak.
Accidental explosions at Taliban’s hideouts have claimed the lives of several militants and civilians in recent years.
Separately, Hazrat Wali Hotak, the director of information and cultural affairs of Kandahar Province, was seriously wounded on Monday after unidentified armed men attacked his vehicle on the way to the office in Kandahar city.
There has been a major surge in violence across Afghanistan over the past months after Taliban militants vowed to expand attacks against Afghan and foreign forces as part of the militants’ so-called spring offensive in late April.
The Asian country continues to face violence and insecurity nearly 14 years after the US and its NATO allies invaded the country as part of Washington’s so-called war on terror.
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