A total of 16 Taliban were killed while nine others were wounded in an improvised explosive device blast in Afghanistan earlier , police said .
Meanwhile, on Tuesday morning , seven Taliban members - six local leader of the hardline and a potential suicide bomber - killed in a similar incident in tengga province , Logar .
" Some Taliban leaders were instructed to make a rebel group suicide bomb jackets and targeting security forces in a house in Gelan district , Ghazni province in eastern Afghanistan , in the middle of the day . A suicide vest exploded accidentally , killing 16 members of the Taliban and wounding nine others , " said provincial police chief Zrawar Zahid told Xinhua - Reuters monitored on Tuesday night .
" Six Taliban commander and a potential suicide bomber were killed when a suicide jacket exploded early in the Regional Shash Qala in Charkh District , at around 12:30 local time on Tuesday , " said an official at the Afghan intelligence service said in a statement .
In a similar incident , five militants were killed on Monday ( 31/3 ) , when a car bomb exploded raft they were in Farah province , western Afghanistan .
The incident occurred when the country was preparing for the presidential election and provincial council members are scheduled to take place on April 5 . Taliban militants have vowed to disrupt the election process .
Security forces can be placed on high alert in the big city . Police found and seized more than 2,000 kilograms of explosives in Taluqan city , the capital of Takhar province in the northern part of the country on Monday night , said police spokesman Abdul Khalil Asir told Xinhua on Tuesday morning .
" Militants are planning to use explosives to destabilize the province during elections , " he said .
On Monday night , eight police officers were injured when a police van detonated a roadside bomb in Samangan province , which neighbors .
Insurgents have stepped up attacks recently prepared when the country held elections .
Third presidential election and provincial council members scheduled for April 5 . Campaign by the presidential candidates officially began on February 2 and closed on April 2 or 48 hours before polling day .
The number of presidential candidates has dropped to eighth after the withdrawal of three candidates from the democratic process , and they are council seats in 34 provinces across the country amounted to more than 2,500 .
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