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MAIDAN SHAHR (PAN (HIA) in central Maidan Wardak province, an official said on Sunday.
During the battle in the Senzai area of Nirkh district late on Saturday, the Taliban’s district chief was killed, an HIA commander told Pajhwok Afghan News.
District chief, Mohammad Hanif Hanifi, identified the dead commander as Mullah Zakhel. The governor’s spokesman, Shahidullah Shahid, said Zakhil and another fighter were killed.
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