Afghan Police Van Targeted By Roadside Improvised Explosive Device, killing 11 Officers

KABUL, Afghanistan — At least 11 Afghan National Police members including a local station house officer (SHO), were reportedly killed in a roadside blast, took place on Friday midnight, in Afghanistan's northeastern province of Badakhshan, a provincial police spokesman informed media outlets during the press briefing on Saturday morning. The same source further added that accident occurred at predawn time, when a vehicle packed with local Afghan policemen trapped in an explosive mine in the rural area of Khash district of Badakhshan province.No other piece of information about the deceased was immediately released by the Afghan government authorities.