24 August 2016

News Story: Taliban shadow governor among 50 killed in W. Afghanistan

KABUL, Aug. 23 (Xinhua) -- As many as 50 Taliban militants including a shadow governor for the western Ghor province had been killed in air strikes carried out on Monday, the Interior Ministry said in a statement released here Tuesday.

"A total of 50 rebels including Mullah Ahmad Shah Ghori, the shadow governor of Taliban group for the western Ghor province, were killed after government forces conducted series of air sorties in Pashtunkot district of the neighboring Faryab province on Monday evening," said the statement.

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