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Afghanistan : Taliban commander killed in infighting

| | Jul 12, 2017, at 09:40 pm
Kabul, Jul 12 (IBNS) : A Taliban commander has been killed during the latest infighting among the Taliban insurgents in eastern Nangarhar province of Afghanistan, state-run news agency Khaama Press said.

The quoted the  local government officials as saying that  the incident took place late on Monday in the vicinity of Bati Kot district.

The provincial government in a statement also confirmed the infighting among the Taliban insurgents.

The statement further added that the information received by the provincial government indicates that the Taliban leader Amad was killed during the infighting in Jantian area.

Amad was reportedly involved in insurgency activities since a long time in Bati Kot district of Nangarhar, the provincial government said.


 

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