KABUL, Dec 21 (NNN-AGENCIES) – Seven people, including a highway police chief, were killed, in two improvised bomb explosions in Afghanistan today, local police confirmed.
In eastern Parwan province, five police officers, including provincial highway police chief, Wali Mohammad, were killed, after the vehicle they were aboard, touched off a bomb in Police District 2 of the provincial capital, Charikar city roughly at 1:30 a.m. this morning, Mohammad Sadiq Hashimi, of the provincial police said.
In western Badghis province, two civilians were killed and another wounded, after a cargo truck was torn apart by a Taliban improvised bombing in Muqur district, at around 7:30 a.m. local time, the acting provincial police chief, Shir Aqa Alokozai, said.
Police officials accused the Taliban militant group for planting the roadside bombs.
Militants in Afghanistan have been using home-made Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), to make roadside bombs and landmines to target security forces, but the lethal weapons also inflict casualties on civilians.
