Clumsy jihadi detonates suicide bomb EARLY - killing himself and EIGHT other terrorists
A BUMBLING terrorist killed himself and eight other would-be jihadis by accidentally detonating his suicide vest, sparking an explosive chain reaction.
Nine terrorists died in the calamitous slip-up
The sick fighters were planning a murderous attack in Kunduz, Afghanistan, when the slip-up occurred. One butter-fingered jihadi set off his explosives early by mistake, in turn fatally detonating another terrorist's suicide vest, which itself sparked another and another in a calamitous accident.
The extremists were en-route from their base in Dasht-e-Archi to the city of Kunduz, where they were expected to carry out a bloody suicide attack on residents in a crowded public area, when the deadly slip-up occured.
The gaffe will embarrass the Taliban, which is attempting to make a comeback after years of obscurity following the US and Britain's War on Terror, which removed them from power in Afghanistan, eroded their leadership and reduced them to an elusive group of factious insurgents.
The group succeeded in taking over Kunduz last spring, the signalling the first urban area to fall to the Taliban in 14 years. As part of their annual spring offensive, the group held the city, the fifth biggest in the country, for two weeks before it was recovered by Afghan and US forces.
The Taliban are growing in power again after years in the wilderness
Kunduz has been devastated by fighting between the Taliban and Afghani forces
They are working in quiet and reorganising themselves and preparing themselves for bigger attacks
According to Afghanistan's defence minister Masoom Stanikzai, the terror group are now once again actively recruiting new members and preparing for "bigger attacks" - sparking chilling memories of countless Taliban massacres during the group's reign from 1996 to 2001 .
He said: "They are really very active. They are working in quiet and reorganising themselves and preparing themselves for bigger attacks.
"They are working behind other networks, giving them support and the experience they had in different places.
"And doubling their resources and recruitment. That is how - they are not talking too much. They are not making press statements. It is a big threat."
The terror group are currently conducting their annual spring offensive
Afghanistan's defence minister has warned that the Taliban are planning "bigger attacks"
It is not the first time the Taliban has been left red-faced by premature detonation. A group of 10 soldiers in a mosque in Ghazni province were killed recently as they clumsily put together improvised explosive device.
That time the Taliban has been left red-faced by premature detonation. A group of 10 soldiers in a mosque in Ghazni province were killed recently as they clumsily put together improvised explosive device.