JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Four commanders were among 54 Taliban militants who surrendered their weapons in eastern Nangarhar province, local officials said on Thursday.
They said the surrendering militants were previously fighting against the government in six districts of the province, but they were forced by Afghan forces operations to shun insurgency.
Attaullah Khogyani, the Nangarhar governor’s spokesman, told a press conference here today that the former rebels had been engaged in terrorist activities in Moman Dara, Sherzad, Ghanikhel, Khogyani, Achin and Nazian districts.
He said . . .
