Taliban Claims Group Killed Leading Opposition Commander & 8 Other Fighters in Panjshir

Abdul Hamid Khorasani, the district chief of Ahmadabad in Paktia province, claimed that Akmal Amiri, a leading anti-Taliban commander, and eight members of the resistance forces have been killed in Shotul district of Panjshir province.

However, sources close to the National Resistance Front and the Afghanistan Freedom Front did not confirm that Amiri had been killed, but said that they had lost contact with him since Monday night.