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in the western province of Badghis on Sunday evening, an army commander said on Monday.
The incident happened in Bala Murghab district in Badghis when a Taliban jacket wallah detonated a humvee laden with explosives near an army outpost, the Ministry of Defense said in a statement.
Four other soldiers were maimed in the attack, the commander said.
The ministry said the humvee exploded before reaching its target, and that four Taliban fighters were killed and another was maimed.
The Taliban sent footage of the incident to the media.
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