Three Taliban militants were killed when a roadside bomb they were planting exploded prematurely in eastern Afghanistan, officials said today.A doctor working for the Taliban was among those killed in yesterday's blast in the eastern Paktika province, the Interior Ministry said in a statement. The bomb was being placed on a main road in the province, it said.
Militants regularly attack Afghan and foreign troops with roadside bombs. The number of insurgent attacks in eastern Afghanistan, which borders Pakistan, has risen by 40% this year compared to the same period in 2007.