A Taliban group commander was killed in an explosion triggered by an Improvised Explosive Device (IED) planted by the group’s own fighters in northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan.
The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the incident took place in Dasht-e-Archi district, leaving 4 Taliban group members dead, including a commander of the group.
MoD further added that the slain Taliban commander has been identified as Tofan who was killed along with three other Taliban fighters.
The Taliban militants group has not commented regarding the report so far.
The Taliban insurgents and militants belonging to the other insurgent groups frequently use Improvised Explosive Device (IED) as the weapon of their choice to target the Afghan forces and government officials.
The Afghan officials also criticize the Taliban group for using the ordinary civilians as human shield to counter the operations led by the Afghan forces.
Blaming the Taliban group for the recent civilian casualties in Kudnuz, MoD spokesman, Gen. Dawlat Waziri said the group continues to use the civilians as human shield and the leaders of Taliban are even reckless regarding their own family members.
According to Waziri, several family members of the Taliban group leaders were among those killed as the Afghan forces called for air support amid fierce clash in Kunduz last week.
The operation on Thursday was launched as the Taliban group leaders had gathered for a meeting to launch a fresh attack on Kunduz city.http://www.khaama.com/taliban-commander-killed-by-landmine-planted-by-own-fighters-in-kunduz-02230
Taliban commander killed by landmine planted by own fighters in Kunduz KHAAMA PRESS – Tue Nov 08 2016
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