ASSADABAD, Afghanistan, March 12 (Xinhua) -- At least two local police personnel sustained injuries as anti-government militants in a new tactic to target government forces, organized a donkey bomb in Sarkano district of the eastern Kunar province on Monday, provincial police chief Haqnawaz Haqyar said.

"The armed opposition terrorists adjusted explosive device on a donkey and were attempting to detonated it next to a police checkpoint in Sayed Khil area of Sarkano district today morning, but police patrol at nearby stopped the donkey and the militants nearby detonated it with remote control injuring two local police personnel," Haqyar told Xinhua.

Taliban militants who are active in Sarkano district and largely relying on suicide and roadside bombings haven't commented yet.