Police commander among 3 killed

Monitoring Desk

SHABARGHAN/JALALABAD: A police commander among three persons was killed in Taliban attack and security forces’ operations in Faryab and Nangarhar provinces.

Taliban gunmen killed a police commander, Zalmay Bai, after an attack in the Sherin Tagab district of Faryab, Faryab police said in a statement Thursday.

It said the deceased had recently been appointed as commander of a 30-member group of police, adding the slain police officer known as Akbari was the nephew of Wolesi Jirga member, Muhammad Hashim Ortaq.

Taliban claimed the attack.

Meanwhile, security forces conducted operations in the Arabano and Laka Ghondai villages of Khugyani district, Nangarhar province, killing two persons and detaining 18 others, said Sherin Agha, a local resident.

He said a mentally challenged man, Ashraf, was among the dead, adding the second slain man named Malakhi and was a farmer.  There was no word by Afghan authorities in this regard.