3 Taliban militants mistakenly blow themselves up in Afghanistan Three Taliban militants blew themselves up while trying to place an IED along a road in Afghanistan on Monday. One of the militants was a local leader, named Qari Dad Mohammad, Xinhua reported. They were putting the improvised explosive device in Kunduz city, which is the capital or northern Kunduz province, and it detonated prematurely, police spokesman Sayed Sarwar Husainni said, to Xinhua. The Taliban didn’t immediately comment.