...a branch of the Afghan Taliban, based in Pakistain. The network is a family business founded by the later Jalaluddin Haqqani...
along with seven others in Kabul.
According to him, this leader of the Haqqani network is known as Matiullah, who was arrested with the cooperation of the people.
Saleh added that Rahmatullah, one of the controllers and suppliers of the magnetic mines in Kabul, has been detained.
The first vice president noted, Rahmatullah hired a child for his subversive purposes for a daily payment of 200 afghanis and had repeatedly raped him.
On the other hand, the Ministry of Defense stated in a blurb, that 28 Taliban
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were killed and eight others were maimed in festivities between Taliban fighters and security forces in Kandahar province.
Fawad Aman, the Deputy Spokesman for MoD, tweeted on Saturday, that the incident took place when Taliban fighters attacked Afghan cops in the region, as a result of which the attacks were repelled and the Taliban suffered casualties.
Aman added that 27 bombs planted by the group on public roads had also been discovered and defused.
Kandahar is one of the most insecure provinces in the country where the Taliban have a large presence.