4 Soldiers Killed in Explosion in Afghanistan
TEHRAN (Tasnim) - Four Afghan army soldiers have been killed in bomb attack, said the country's Defense Ministry on Sunday.
"Four Afghan National Army soldiers were martyred in an improvised explosive device (IED) attack within the last 24 hours," the ministry said in a statement but did not provide details.
The statement added that 10 militants were killed and weapons were seized in army security operations in eastern Ghazni and southern Kandahar province over the same period.
The Taliban insurgent group has largely been using home-made IEDs to launch roadside bombings against security forces but the lethal weapons also inflict casualties on civilians.
Earlier on Sunday, nine Taliban militants were killed when an IED they were planting in Ghazni went off prematurely, according to an army source, Xinhua reported.
