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A failed Taliban suicide bomber accidentally blew himself up - sparking a chain reaction that killed eight other militants.

The jihadis were planning to carry out a brutal coordinated attack in Kunduz, Afghanistan, but one of the would-be murderers made a fatal slip-up, detonating his vest early.

The blast detonated his fellow fighters' own explosives - killing the lot of them.

The Afghan Ministry of Interior said all of the failed bombers were travelling in a group and were on their way from Dasht-e-Archi to Kunduz city when the incident took place earlier today.

Officials added that the group belonged to Mullah Wali who is a commander of the Taliban group, according to Afghan news agency Khaama Press.

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The Taliban has not commented on the gaffe.

It is not the first time the Taliban has come a cropper as a result of its own clumsiness.

Recently, a group of 10 militants were blown up as they put together an improvised explosive device (IED) in southeastern Ghazni province.

According to the security officials, the militants were inside a mosque in Andar district when their explosives went off prematurely, killing 10.