Landmine blast kills four security personnel in Afghanistan

At least four security personnel were killed Thursday when an explosive device went off in Afghanistan's Ghazni province, an official said.

"Two mines were planted by militants on a road in Waghaz district of Ghazni province this morning. The police defused one and while defusing the other, it exploded, killing a district police chief along with three of his bodyguards," the official told Xinhua.