LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Local officials on Sunday claimed the Taliban’s shadow deputy governor for southern Helmand province has been killed in an airstrike.
Maj. Gen. Wali Mohammad Ahmadzai, the commander for 215th Military Corps in Helmand, told Pajhwok Afghan News that Mullah Nasar, the deputy governor, was travelling in a vehicle along with another commander Saifullah, when they came under attack.
He said Mullah Nasar was Taliban’s deputy governor and commander of the group’s “Red Unit.”
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