LASHKARGAH (Pajhwok): Taliban Sharafuddin has succumbed to his wounds, the government says, a claim rejected by the rebel group.
Local officials say Sharafuddin was injured in an airstrike by foreign forces in Musa Qala district two weeks back. Omar Zwak, the governor’s spokesman, told Pajhwok Afghan News Sharafuddin had been injured on April 1 in Bazaar area.
He said Taliban’s media official Hafiz Rashid was among five others killed. Sharafuddin was critically wounded in the raid, he said, adding the shadow governor succumbed to his wounds in the Bahramcha area of the province.
According to Zwak, the Taliban governor for Kandahar province is currently leading the fighters in Helmand as well.
But Taliban spokesman Qari Yousaf Ahmadi rejected the government’s claim and said Mullah Sharafuddin was alive and busy conducting his activities.
