Bomb blast hits Taliban convoy in turbulent Afghan province, kills 3 

FILE - Armed Taliban security personnel walk along a wheat field in Argo district, Badakhshan province on May 6, 2024.

A bomb explosion in Afghanistan’s volatile northeastern Badakhshan province Wednesday killed at least three Taliban security personnel and wounded six others. Multiple sources, including residents and area hospital officials, confirmed the casualties. They said that a “sticky improvised explosive device” apparently planted on a motorbike struck a Taliban military convoy in the provincial capital, Faizabad.