New Delhi: In yet another attack targeted at Indians in Afghanistan, an ITBP jawan was on Thursday killed and four others injured when a bomber blew himself up in a southern part of the country.
Dev Kumar was killed on the spot in the attack in Nimroz province, suspectedly by Taliban.
Four other ITBP personnel and an Afghan policeman were injured in the attack that took place at around 4.30 pm (5.30 pm IST), Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Zenarai Bashari said over phone from Kabul.
He said the attack took place during the movement of a convoy of BRO personnel who are engaged in construction of the Zaranj-Delaram highway.
He said the attacker tried to approach the BRO convoy at a police post in Khasrhud district.
"Before he could reach the real target, he was identified and police challenged him but he blew himself up," Bashari said. The injured have been hospitalised.
This is the third attack in Nimroz in six months on Indians constructing the crucial 218-km highway.
On January 2, a Taliban suicide bomber targeted a BRO convoy in the same Nimroz province, killing two ITBP personnel and injuring four others guarding them.
Suspected Taliban carried out another attack on the Indian construction workers on April 12, killing two BRO personnel and injuring five.
Nearly 400 BRO personnel are engaged in construction of the highway between Zaranj and Delaram as part of India's assistance programme for reconstruction of the war-torn country.
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