Kabul (BNA) A key member of the Taliban, who led a group of 30 insurgents was killed in a clash with police in Hazrat Sultan District Samangan.
Interior Ministry spokesman Tariq Arian told BNA, as a result of clashes between ANP and Taliban in Hazrat Sultan district of Samangan, three members of the group, including Maulvi Mohamaduddin, a key Taliban figure, were killed.
Maulvi Mohamaduddin was the former Taliban district chief for Hazrat Sultan district, and led a 30-member Taliban group.
Mohamaduddin was active in terrorist incidents in parts of Hazrat Sultan district.
In this clash, two Kalashnikovs and a motorcycle were seized by the forces.
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