Five Afghan soldiers were killed in a Taliban-style bomb attack in the western province of Herat on Wednesday, a district official said.
The troops were killed when their vehicle struck an improvised explosive device (IED) — the type of home-made bombs widely used in attacks by Taliban and other insurgents. The attack took place in the Pashtun Zarghun district.
“One officer and four soldiers were killed in the blast. It was a roadside bomb attack,” the district’s governor, Ghulam Nabi Azizi, told AFP. He could not say who was responsible but similar attacks have been blamed on Taliban.
