<p id="thickbox_headline">A bomb ripped through a vehicle carrying a Taliban police chief in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing him and wounding 11 others, officials said.</p>.<p>The blast happened in Asadabad, the capital of Kunar province, targeting the Taliban police chief for Shigal district, said an official from the Islamist group.</p>.<p>"The police chief has died and eleven people have been wounded," he told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.</p>.<p>A doctor in Kunar central hospital confirmed to AFP that it had received 11 wounded people, including four Taliban fighters and seven civilians.</p>.<p>No one claimed responsibility for the attack but the Islamic State-Khorasan group, who are active in eastern Afghanistan, have claimed similar attacks on the Taliban in the past.</p>.<p>The Taliban have battled with IS-K since its emergence in Afghanistan in 2014.</p>.<p>IS-K has claimed responsibility for some of the most recent attacks, including a suicide bombing among worshippers last week in a Shiite mosque in Kunduz province that killed around 100 people.</p>.<p><strong>Check out the latest DH videos:</strong></p>
<p id="thickbox_headline">A bomb ripped through a vehicle carrying a Taliban police chief in eastern Afghanistan on Thursday, killing him and wounding 11 others, officials said.</p>.<p>The blast happened in Asadabad, the capital of Kunar province, targeting the Taliban police chief for Shigal district, said an official from the Islamist group.</p>.<p>"The police chief has died and eleven people have been wounded," he told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity.</p>.<p>A doctor in Kunar central hospital confirmed to AFP that it had received 11 wounded people, including four Taliban fighters and seven civilians.</p>.<p>No one claimed responsibility for the attack but the Islamic State-Khorasan group, who are active in eastern Afghanistan, have claimed similar attacks on the Taliban in the past.</p>.<p>The Taliban have battled with IS-K since its emergence in Afghanistan in 2014.</p>.<p>IS-K has claimed responsibility for some of the most recent attacks, including a suicide bombing among worshippers last week in a Shiite mosque in Kunduz province that killed around 100 people.</p>.<p><strong>Check out the latest DH videos:</strong></p>