Kabul, July 16: Three officers have been killed and four others wounded in a car bomb attack on a police convoy in Afghanistan’s southwestern province of Nimroz.
The incident happened when a militant rammed an explosive-laden car into a police convoy on Thursday.
“A police supply convoy came under attack from a suicide bomber. As a result, three border police, including their commander, were killed and four other police wounded,” said the Interior Ministry.
Afghan officials blamed the attack on Taliban insurgents who have stepped up terrorist activities as the country prepares for presidential and provincial council elections on August 20.
Some eight years after the ouster of the Taliban rule in Afghanistan, the remnants of the militant group continue to wage war in the country despite the presence of some 90,000 foreign troops.
—–Agencies