Afghan soldiers inspect the wreckage of a car destroyed by a roadside bomb in eastern Afghanistan’s Khogani district of Nangarhar province on July 21, 2012.
At least six Afghan policemen have been killed in a roadside bomb explosion in the country’s western province of Herat.
Afghan officials say the incident took place on Tuesday when a police patrol vehicle heading to Herat city hit a bomb in Obe district.
District Police Chief Sher Agha says “there were no survivors” and that the truck was completely destroyed in the bombing.
So far, no group has claimed responsibility for the bombing, but Afghan officials usually blame such attacks on Taliban militants.
In late April, the Taliban announced the start of their annual “spring offensive” against US-led and Afghan forces, vowing a new wave of attacks across Afghanistan.
The militant group said it would use “every possible tactic” to inflict casualties on Afghan and US-led forces. They specifically mentioned insider attacks, and bomb attacks.
Thousands of people have been killed in attacks carried out by the Taliban militant group and the US-led foreign forces in Afghanistan over the past years.
Violence continues to plague the country despite the presence of thousands of foreign forces, more than a decade after the US-led invasion of Afghanistan in 2001.
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This article originally appeared on : Press TV