7 Taliban members have been killed as a convoy of Taliban forces hit a roadside mine in Panjshabar province.
A source in the National Resistance Front (NRF), who did not want to be named, told Hasht-e Subh that the incident took on Sunday morning (August 21st) in the Gurgoti area of Rukha district.
As a result of this explosion, 7 Taliban fighters have been killed and 5 others were wounded. It also is reported that two military vehicles belonging to the Taliban were destroyed.
However, eyewitnesses say that a Taliban military vehicle was destroyed in this explosion and the Taliban suffered casualties – but the exact number is not yet known.
Sources say that after this explosion in the market of Rukha district, the Taliban started checking the mobile phones of locals and begun door-to-door search operations.
The Taliban have not yet said anything about these claims so far.