At least 15 Taliban militants have been killed in infighting in western Herat province on Thursday evening, officials said Friday.
An army commander in Herat said that supporters of the Taliban’s late leader Mullah Mohammad Omar clashed with supporters of their new leader Mullah Akhtar Mansour in Zer Koh area in Shindand district in Herat.
He said at least 15 of the insurgents were killed in the incident.
According to him, Taliban fighters in Shindand district have been divided into two parts since the appointment of Mansour as Omar’s successor.
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