Five security personnel were killed and five other injured when a car bomb went off in the eastern Afghan province of Khost early Wednesday.
"Acting upon intelligence report, the security forces launched operations in Zani Khil village of Nadir Shah Kot district, Khost province, in the wee hours of Wednesday and spotted a house where three suicide bombers were planning to target security facilities," Mubariz Zadran, spokesman for the provincial government, told Xinhua.
All the three would-be suicide bombers were killed during the operations, Zadran added.
He also confirmed that five security personnel had been killed during the operations as a car bomb exploded.
"Unfortunately, during the operations, an explosives-laden car parked inside the house exploded, killing five security personnel and wounding five others," the official said.
