Taliban’s shadow district chief killed in Jawzjan airstrike

The shadow district chief of Taliban for Faizbad district of Jawzjan province has been killed in an airstrike of the Afghan Air Force.

The shadow district chief of Taliban for Faizbad district of Jawzjan province has been killed in an airstrike of the Afghan Air Force.
The 209th Shaheen Corps of the Afghan Military in the North in a statement said Qari Rasool, the group’s shadow district chief for Faizabad of Jawzjan, has been killed in an airstrike of the Afghan armed forces.
The statement further added that the airstrike also left at least four fighters of Qari Rasool dead.
A vehicle and five weapons including PKM machine guns werealso destroyed during the same airstrike, the 209th Shaheen Corps added in its statement.
Jawzjan is among the key provinces in North of Afghanistan which was among the relatively calm provinces but the situation in some of its districts has deteriorated during the recent years with Taliban and other militants attempting to expand their foothold in this province.