Baku-APA. Two Afghan army soldiers were killed in two separate bomb attacks, the country's Defense Ministry said on Tuesday evening, APA reports quoting Xinhua.
The ministry said in a statement that the two army personnel were killed in two Improvised Explosive Device (IED) attacks in western Farah and southern Helmand provinces.
The army specialists have also defused 32 anti-personnel mines in Kandahar province, the statement added.
Several insurgents were killed and wounded in army operations in Tagab district of eastern Kapisa, Khogyani district of neighboring Nangarhar province and Alinegar district of eastern Laghman province, it noted.
The statement did not disclose the exact number of casualties on the militants side based on the government policy.
The Taliban insurgent group has yet to make comments.
Earlier on Tuesday, a would-be suicide bomber was shot dead in Helmand province, the provincial government spokesman Omar Zwak told Xinhua, adding the suicide-jacket of the bomber exploded following the police firing in the Nadali district of the province, causing no casualties.
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