The Afghan Taliban on Wednesday claimed to have killed six people, including three Indian engineers, in Mandozai area of the Khost province.
A senior Taliban commander, who wished not to be named, called The News from an undisclosed location and claimed they blew up a pick-up truck, carrying three Indian engineers and their two Afghan security guards and a translator to the site.
He said the Indian engineers were working on the India-sponsored Rs 100 million Khost-Kabul Road. "We had warned them earlier through local tribal elders not to work on the road project as by doing so they would be helping the US forces in strengthening their roots in Khost province," remarked the Taliban commander.
He said his men had planted an improvised explosive device to hit the latest model pick-up truck. "We want to make it clear that Taliban will not allow foreign construction companies to work in our country where our people are fighting the US-led occupation forces," the militant commander explained.
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