By IANS,
Kabul : A senior Taliban commander has been killed in Afghanistan’s Herat province, Xinhua reported Tuesday.
Based on intelligence inputs, police launched an operation to capture the commander in Chisht district Monday night.
A gun fight broke out and Taliban leader Sayed Mirza was killed, said Dilawar Shah Dilawar, the provincial deputy police chief.
A total of 15 of his fighters surrendered to police. Herat province lies about 640 km west of Kabul.
Mirza was responsible for coordinating and conducting operations in the district, he said.