KABUL (Sputnik) — Afghan national police have detained one of the leaders of the Taliban movement in the northern province of Baghlan, the country's Ministry of Interior Affairs said on Sunday.
"Afghan National Police arrested Taliban military supplier named Qari Zahir along with two other armed Taliban in Doshi District of Baghlan province. Qari Zahir was arrested while the Taliban were trying to carry him for treatment to Kabul," the ministry said in a statement.
Zahir was injured during an operation few days ago in the Chashme Shir region of the province, the ministry specified.
Afghanistan is in a state of political and social turmoil, with long-standing Taliban insurgency and other extremist factions operating in the country.
