(Stars and Stripes) Phillip Walter Wellman - At least a dozen Islamic State militants accidentally blew themselves up in eastern Afghanistan on Sunday. "They were attempting to move an IED (improvised explosive device) to a crowded area of Achin, but it went off before they reached the planned place," said Attaullah Khogyani, spokesman for Nangarhar province's provincial governor. Twenty-one other militants were wounded, Khogyani said. There were no civilian casualties.
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