Two militants were killed and five others wounded in a premature blast in Afghanistan's western province of Ghor on Sunday, provincial police chief said.
"Seven militants were travelling in a vehicle toward provincial capital Firoz Koh. They were carrying a suicide jacket as they tried to conduct terror attack in the city. But they became the victim of their vicious plan after the explosive went off accidently," Gen. Mustafa Mohseni told Xinhua.
The incident took place roughly at 4:30 local time in Ghalmin locality on eastern outskirts of the city, 360 km west of Kabul, he said.
The casualties were shifted to a local hospital where the injured remained in police custody.
The Taliban insurgency has been on the rampage since the beginning of 2015 when the Afghan security forces assumed full responsibilities of security from the U.S. and NATO troops.
The Taliban militant group has yet to make comments.
Source: Xinhua
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