The blast happened at a mosque in the village of Qultaq in the Dowlatabad district of Balkh province on Saturday morning
* The blast happened on Saturday morning in Qultaq, a village in Balkh province
* Six foreign nationals were among those killed, according to security services
* Taliban violence has surged in Afghanistan in recent months despite peace talks
* On Monday, NATO Secretary General Jens Stoltenberg said the alliance will not withdraw its troops from Afghanistan 'before the time is right'
At least 30 Taliban fighters have been killed in an explosion at a mosque in Afghanistan during a bomb-making class.
The 209th Shaheen Corps - part of the Afghan National Army - said in a statement that 30 fighters including six foreign nationals who were expert mine makers, had been killed in an explosion on Saturday morning.
The blast happened at a mosque in the village of Qultaq in the Dowlatabad district of Balkh province.
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Update #1: 30 Taliban killed ‘making bombs’ inside northern Afghan mosque — officials (Arab News) Update #2: 30 Taliban killed in own IED explosion (Khaama Press)
WNU Editor: Six foreign nationals were killed in this explosion .... Six ‘experts’ killed in explosion at bomb-building class in Afghanistan (National Post).
