[Quqnoos] A bomb blast killed at least 9 militants in Paktika province while rigging explosive devices, an official saidThe explosion occurred Monday inside a house in Yousuf Khail district, south of the provincial capital, Sharan. "It was a Taliban compound where they were making bombs. Suddenly, the explosives went off and killed nine of them," a spokesman for the provincial government, Hamidullah Zwakh said. Three of the militants were foreign nationals, the spokesman further said without naming a specific country.
Taliban militants confirmed the incident in which according to them, only three Taliban elements were killed. A Taliban spokesman denied the casualties of any foreign fighters in Paktika's incident.