By Sharif Amiry
President Ashraf Ghani said on Monday the Taliban no longer posed a threat to Kunduz province and hailed the Afghan air force for eliminating the group’s shadow governor for Kunduz, Mullah Abdul Salam.
He said the Taliban insurgents were criminals.
On the implications of Salam’s death, the Afghan interior ministry said the demise of the Taliban group’s main war strategist would inflict a major blow to group’s activities in Kunduz.
Salam was known as Taliban’s war machine in Kunduz and in the eastern regions.
On Sunday, the Afghan air force attacked a Taliban base in Nahr-e-Kohna village of Dasht-e-Archi district in Kunduz killing at least nine Taliban insurgents, including Salam.
“Maulavi Salam and his associates were eliminated in Kunduz, it is just because of you (the Afghan forces). Today this criminal group is no longer a threat to the people of Kunduz and north-eastern regions,” said Ghani.
“The killing of Mullah Salam and his associates in Kunduz province is a major achievement by the Afghan security forces,” said MoI deputy spokesman Najib Danish.
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