PUL-I-KHUMRI (Pajhwok): A Taliban-designated district chief was killed by security forces during an operation in northern Baghlan province on Sunday, the governor said.
Abdul Satar Bariz told Pajhwok Afghan News the operation in Dara-i-Waliaan locality of Khanjan district was launched at 5:00am.
He said the nine-hour long offensive resulted in the killing of the Taliban’s shadow district chief for Tala-wa-Barfak district, Jan Mohammad alias Mullah Janu, and his bodyguard . . .
