SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): At least 115 Taliban insurgents joined the peace process in northern Faryab province on Wednesday, security officials in neighbouring Jawzjan said.
Jawzjan police chief Brig. Gen. Rahmatullah Turkistani told Pajhwok Afghan News the Taliban group led by Tahir reconciled with the government following an overnight operation by security forces commanded by Gen. Adul Rashid Dostum, the 1st vice-president, in Dasht-e-Laili area of the province.
He said the reconciling insurgents also turned in about 100 different weapons on Wednesday morning in Astana area . . .
