SHIBERGHAN (Pajhwok): A local Taliban leader was killed along with five associates by security forces in northern Jawzjan province on Friday, an official said.
Mohammad Raza Ghafoori, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News Taliban’s deputy governor for Faizabad district Sakhi -- alias Malang -- was among the fatalities.
The militants were killed after they stormed checkpoints of a local uprising force in the district. At least 15 of the attackers were wounded in the gunbattle, he said.
Ghafoori added the clash was still ongoing . . .
