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Taliban shadow governor among 11 killed in North of Afghanistan
 [Khaama (Afghanistan)] The shadow provincial governor of the Taliban group for northern Sar-e-Pul province was killed during an operation by the Afghan cops."Last night, Afghan National Civil Order Police launched a special clearance operation to clear armed Taliban from Aadrang Barghali region, Sar-e-Pul city of Sar-ePul province," the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Wednesday afternoon. MoI further added "As a result of this operation, 11 armed Taliban including Taliban’s so-called governor for Sar-e-Pul province were killed." According to MoI, the so-called governor Najibullah known as Ataullah was involved in many terrorist and destructive activities in Sar-e-Pul province. "After eliminating this group the security situation in this province is expected to improve," MoI added. The Talibs group has not commented regarding the report so far. Posted by: Fred 2016-11-19 |
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