MEHTARLAM, Afghanistan, July 8 (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.
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