Kabul, April 25: A key Taliban commander and three other militants were killed on Saturday in Afghanistan’s Herat province.
“Acting upon an intelligence report, security forces laid an ambush on a way used by key Taliban commander Mullah Mir Ahmad in Ghorian district,” a police officer told Xinhua news agency.
Mullah Mir Ahmad, who was often accompanied by 150 armed militants, was commander of 400 militants in west Afghanistan, the officer added.