Maimana, Afghanistan, Jan. 2, 2021 The Taliban’s shadow governor for Afghanistan’s northern Faryab province, Mawlawi Wakil Ahmad alias ‘Nazim’, and seven other militants were killed on Saturday, police spokesman for the province Abdul Karim Yurash said.
All the seven including the shadow governor were killed, and three others wounded when their own bomb exploded at 02:00 a.m. local time in Dawlat Abad district, the official said without providing further details.
Taliban militants who are active in parts of the Faryab province have yet to make comments on the report.
Meanwhile, TOLO News reported that four members of a militant group, including their commander, were killed in a clash against the Taliban in Bati Kot district of Nangarhar province on Friday night
2021-01-02 11:35:35 GMT2021-01-02 19:35:35(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
MAIMANA, Afghanistan, Jan. 2 (Xinhua) Seven militants including Mawlawi Wakil Ahmad alias Nazim, the Taliban shadow governor for the northern Faryab province, were killed on Saturday, police spokesman for the province Abdul Karim Yurash said.
All the seven including the shadow governor were killed and three others injured in their own bomb blast at 02:00 a.m. local time in Dawlat Abad district, the official said without providing details.
Taliban militants who are active in parts of the Faryab province have yet to make comments on the report. Enditem
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The Taliban’s shadow governor for Afghanistan’s northern Faryab province, Mawlawi Wakil Ahmad alias ‘Nazim’, and seven other militants were killed on Saturday, police spokesman for the province Abdul Karim Yurash said.
All the seven including the shadow governor were killed, and three others wounded when their own bomb exploded at 02:00 a.m. local time in Dawlat Abad district, the official said without providing further details.
Taliban militants who are active in parts of the Faryab province have yet to make comments on the report.
Meanwhile, TOLO News reported that four members of a militant group, including their commander, were killed in a clash against the Taliban in Bati Kot district of Nangarhar province on Friday night
2020-12-22 10:35:28 GMT2020-12-22 18:35:28(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
KABUL, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) At least 28 people including five civilians have been killed in the violent incidents conducted by militants in the militancy-battered Afghanistan since early Tuesday, officials said.
In the latest wave of violent incidents, the armed insurgents stormed a police checkpoint in Chardara district of the northern Kunduz province Tuesday, killing four policemen including the district police chief and injuring three others, district governor Hafizullah Safi said.
According to the official, the Taliban militants attacked a checkpoint outside a bazaar in the restive Chardara district Tuesday morning, and police contingent under Omar Salih the district police chief arrived at the site to control the situation. Nine fighters including five insurgents and Salih along with three more police were killed on the spot.
2020-12-22 08:06:05 GMT2020-12-22 16:06:05(Beijing Time) Xinhua English
MAIMANA, Afghanistan, Dec. 22 (Xinhua) At least two soldiers have been confirmed dead and five others injured as a car bomb went off next to a checkpoint of the national army in Dawlat Abad district of the northern Faryab province on Tuesday, an army spokesman in the northern region Mohammad Hanif Rezai said.
According to the official, the blast took place in the wee hours of Tuesday next to a checkpoint of the national army in the restive Dawlat Abad district, killing two soldiers and injuring five others.
However, Rezai confirmed that dozens of houses and shops nearby the blast site were destroyed or badly damaged.