A bomb explosion in Afghanistan\u2019s volatile northeastern Badakhshan province Wednesday killed at least three Taliban security personnel and wounded six others.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Multiple sources, including residents and area hospital officials, confirmed the casualties. They said that a \u201csticky improvised explosive device\u201d apparently planted on a motorbike struck a Taliban military convoy in the provincial capital, Faizabad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Taliban\u2019s Interior Ministry spokesman confirmed the casualties, saying the bomb targeted a unit of security forces that were heading to illegal poppy fields to destroy them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The eadly blast came a day after the Taliban\u2019s army chief, Fasihuddin Fitrat, said in a video message that he had addressed complaints of protesting farmers and resolved the unrest. He insisted on receiving public support for poppy eradication.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
A bomb explosion in Afghanistan\u2019s volatile northeastern Badakhshan province Wednesday killed at least three Taliban security personnel and wounded six others. Multiple sources, including residents and area hospital officials, confirmed the casualties. They said that a \u201csticky improvised explosive device\u201d apparently planted on a motorbike struck a Taliban military convoy in the provincial capital, Faizabad. …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":104785,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"rop_custom_images_group":[],"rop_custom_messages_group":[],"rop_publish_now":"yes","rop_publish_now_accounts":{"facebook_108372464460192_245495985553329":""},"rop_publish_now_history":[],"rop_publish_now_status":"pending","footnotes":""},"categories":[25,31],"tags":[7965],"class_list":["post-104784","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-afghanistan","category-news","tag-bomb-blast-in-afghanistan"],"yoast_head":"\n