KATHMANDU: Three police officers died and three others sustained injuries in a bomb explosion in Afghanistan’s western Herat province on Sunday, international media reported.
“Three Afghan National Police (ANP) members were killed and three others wounded in an improvised explosive device (IED) explosion along Herat-Islam Qala highway in Kohsan district Sunday morning,” according to the statement issued by the provincial police department.
The statement blamed Taliban militants for the attack.
The Afghan security forces defused nine improvised bombs and home-made landmines on Saturday, the country’s Interior Ministry said in a statement earlier on Sunday.
(With inputs from Agencies)
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