The 209th Shaheen Corps in a statement said the incident took place at around 3:00 pm on Wednesday in Bazarak Jangal Aregh Village of Mardian district.
The statement further added that the Talibs were transporting roadside kabooms and kabooms and were their way from Chahar Bolak district of Balkh province to Mardian district.
However,
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the explosives went off prematurely killing 15 Talibs and 2 civilians, the 209th Shaheen Corps added.
The explosion also maimed 14 other people including Talibs and ordinary civilians.
The Taliban
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group has not commented regarding the incident so far.