Sunday, April 23, 2017
Kabul (BNA) U.S. Forces in Afghanistan confirmed killing of Qari Tayeb, once known as the Taliban shadow governor for Takhar, in an air strike in Archi district of Kunduz province. A statement released by the U.S. forces in Afghanistan on the other day said that he was killed along with eight additional Taliban fighters.
“The strike was part of ongoing efforts to deny Taliban freedom-of-movement in the area,” the statement said,” the strike targeted a compound Tayib owned and used for insurgents in the area.”
