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Kabul (AP) - A car bomb explosion killed at least 14 soldiers in eastern Afghanistan.
Four others were injured in the attack in Nangarhar province on Saturday morning, Adschmal Omar provincial council said.
The suicide bomber who drove the car was targeting a military base in the district.
Local security groups have meanwhile confirmed a bomb attack on the base, but without giving further details.
The militant Islamist Taliban claimed responsibility for the attack.
Your spokesman Sabihullah Mujahid said the number of dead and injured was 50.
Both the Taliban and the fighters of the Islamic State are active in the province and repeatedly carry out large or small attacks on security forces.
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Peace talks have been underway in Doha between the Afghan government and the Taliban since mid-September.
The Taliban continue to reject a ceasefire.
The US is about to withdraw another 2,500 soldiers from the country.
At the end of February 2020, you signed an agreement with the Taliban that provides for the gradual withdrawal of US forces from Afghanistan.
The Taliban want to regain power.
You ruled Afghanistan between 1996 and 2001.
A US-led military intervention after the September 11, 2001 attacks in the US put an end to their rule.
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