[Tolo News] Thirty hard boyz in northern Kunduz province handed over their weapons to government on Monday night, officials said.Thirty gunnies including three Taliban local commanders renounced violence in Dasht-e- Archi district of Kunduz province last night, Abdul Rahman Sayedkheli, police chief of Kunduz told TOLOnews on Tuesday.
Taliban have not yet commented.
Afghan officials recently said the province got cleared of hard boyz after Afghan and foreign forces launched operations in Dasht-e-Archi and Imam Saheb districts.
Dasht-e-Archi district was among insecure areas where hard boyz were active planting Improvised Explosive Devices to target Afghan and Nato forces.
The officials said they will soon deploy more than 1,200 village police in different parts of Kunduz to ensure lasting security.
Kunduz province that has been hit by Taliban-led insurgency has witnessed some deadly terrorist attacks that have claimed lives of a large number of people.
In the past three months, more than 1,000 hard boyz have laid down their arms and surrendered to Afghan government.