[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.