LAGHMAN (The Killid Group) – Afghan security forces defused a roadside mine planted by the Taliban in eastern province of Afghanistan, local authorities said.
Asadullah Dowlatzai, spokesman for Laghman Governor, told The Killid, “armed anti-government insurgents planted a mine in Umarzai, center of the Laghman province, which the security forces discovered and then defused.”
The insurgents wanted to target Afghan forces by planting mine in surrounding areas, he added.
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