An improvised explosive device (IED) detonates underneath a vehicle during a patrol outside Command Outpost AJK in Maiwand District, Kandahar Province, Afghanistan

Oopsie.

Via Khaama Press:

At least 9 Taliban militants were killed after stepping on an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted their fellow fighters in northeastern Badakhshan province.

According a security official, the incident took place late on Saturday night in Walik village of Arghistan district.

The official serving with the 209th Shaheen Corps of the Afghan National Army said a senior Taliban leader identified as the group’s shadow district governor was among those killed.

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