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Senior Taliban Suicide Attack Organizer Killed in Afghanistan

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A prominent leader of the Taliban movement, which is outlawed in Russia, has been killed in an airstrike in the central Afghan province of Maidan Wardak, local media reported Thursday, citing local officials.

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MOSCOW (Sputnik) The senior Taliban member, identified as Mullah Habibullah, had been involved in organizing and supervising suicide attacks, Khaama Press reported, citing Maidan Wardak government officials.

According to provincial governor’s spokesman Abdul Rahman Mangal as quoted by Khaama Press, Habibullah was killed in a drone strike.

Afghanistan is currently suffering from an unstable political, social and security issues due to the activity of the Taliban movement and Daesh terrorist groups, both outlawed in Russia.

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