[Tolo News] Seventeen Taliban beturbanned goons including their commanders have layed down their arms surrendering to government in Northern Kunduz province, officials saidSee? The Chieu Hoi program's working!
Ten Talibs including their commander, named Mohammad Nabi, have surrendered to government forces in Imam Sahib District of Kunduz on Wednesday, said chief of the 303 Pamir zone, Gen. Dawood Dawood.
They have handed all their weapons over to the government forces, he added.
On Monday seven hard boyz including their commander Abdul Aziz laid down arms and resumed normal life, local officials said.
The Taliban have yet to comment on this.
According to reports nearly 500 hard boyz have laid down arms in the past one month and joined the grinding of the peace processor in Afghanistan.
Kunduz is one of the volatile provinces of Afghanistan where Afghan and foreign forces have recently escalated counter-insurgency operations to improve security in the province.