MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Taliban’s shadow chief for Zari district of northern Balkh province has been killed along with seven fighters during separate security forces’ operations, the Afghan military said Sunday.
The statement from the Afghan army’s Shaheen Military Corps received by Pajhwok Afghan News said security forces conducted air-and-ground operations against Taliban militants in the Zari district.
Mualvi Gul Ahmad aka Abu Zar, a Taliban-designated chief for Zari district, was killed along with seven of his associates and another 13 militants . . .
