22 Taliban militants were killed as a suicide vest went off accidentally in the southern Zabul province with Qalat as its capital 340 km south of Kabul on Monday, deputy to provincial police chief Ghulam Jilani Farahi said.
Its said that among killed Taliban 11 were suicide bombers.
“A group of Taliban militants were playing with a suicide jacket in their hideout in Khak-e-Afghan district today morning when the device exploded suddenly killing 24 insurgents including 11 suicide bombers on the spot,” Farahi told in a statement issued by Zabul governor office..
Taliban outfit hasn’t commented on the subject.
