By nzherald.co.nz

At least 30 Taliban militants have died in Afghanistan after they blew themselves up during a bomb-making class.
The Khaama Press News Agency said the fighters died when Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs) they were learning to construct exploded inside a mosque, quoting a release from the Afghan Army’s 209th Shaheen Corps.
The blast happened on Saturday morning at a mosque in the village of Qultaq in the Dowlatabad district of Balkh province.