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AFGHANISTAN-BOMB-KILLING
Roadside bomb kills 2 policemen, wounds another in E. Afghanistan
MEHTARLAM, Afghanistan, July 8, 2018 (BSS/Xinhua) – Two local policemen
were killed and another injured after a police van ran over a mine outside
Mehtarlam city, the capital of Afghanistan’s eastern Laghman province on
Sunday, the spokesman for provincial governor, Sarhadi Zawak said.
According to Zawak, a mine planted by militants on a road outside
provincial capital Mehtarlam city, struck a local police vehicle Sunday
morning killing two police on the spot and injuring another.
Taliban militants who are active in parts of Laghman province have yet to
comment.
BSS/XINHUA/FI/ 1500 hrs