2021-02-13 10:35:47 GMT2021-02-13 18:35:47(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
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MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan, Feb. 13 (Xinhua) -- A total of 30 Taliban militants were killed as their explosive device went off inside a mosque in Dawlatabad district of the northern Balkh province on Saturday, an army spokesman in the northern region, Mohammad Hanif Rezai said.
According to the spokesman, a group of Taliban insurgents were busy with receiving training in Qalta village of the restive district on how to make explosive devices and roadside bombs when a mine went off suddenly, killing 30 militants on the spot, six of them foreign nationals.