A roadside bomb killed nine policemen and wounded four others outside their checkpoint in northern Afghanistan, officials said Sunday, in the latest casualties ahead of the spring fighting season.
The bomb exploded when police entered a Taliban stronghold they had retaken in Chimtal district in Balkh province following. "Nine local policemen were martyred and four others sustained injuries in an IED explosion in Chimtal district," local police spokesman Shir Jan Durrani told reporters. No group has so far claimed responsibility for the explosion, but it comes amid rising insecurity in Afghanistan. 

Source: QNA