BFF-34 7 insurgents including Taliban key commander killed in Afghanistan

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7 insurgents including Taliban key commander killed in Afghanistan

QALA-E-NAW, Afghanistan, Sept. 5, 2018 (BSS/Xinhua) – Seven militants
including a Taliban key commander Mullah Ghousuding, nickname Sia Khan, have
been killed in a blast outside Qala-e-Naw, the capital of Afghanistan’s
western Badghis province, provincial police spokesman Naqibullah Amini said
Wednesday.

“The notorious Taliban commander Mullah Ghousuding nickname Sia Khan along
with his men were busy in subversive activities to terrorize people outside
Qala-e-Naw city in the wee hours of today, but an explosive device suddenly
went off killing him and six others on the spot,” Amini told Xinhua, but did
not provide more details.

Describing the commander as a “dreadful terrorist,” the official said that
the physical elimination of Sia Khan could prove a major blow to the Taliban
militants in Badghis province and adjoining areas.

Taliban militants are yet to make comment.

BSS/Xinhua/MSY/1338 hrs