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Crisis/Conflict/Terrorism Afghanistan: Taliban's IED expert dies in explosion
Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 29 Jun 2019, 03:22 pm Print
Kabul: A Taliban group member, who was an expert in improvised explosive devices, died in an explosion which rocked Afghanistan's Jawzjan province on Saturday, media reports said.
The 209th Shaheen Corps in a statement said the incident took place in Khanqa district of Jawzjan, reported Khaama Press.
The statement further added that Qari Asadullah, Taliban IED expert was placing a roadside bomb to target the security forces when the explosion took place, reported the news agency.
The Taliban did not comment on the matter so far.
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