Afghanistan International: Local sources in Badakhshan tell Afghanistan International that the Taliban have detained several individuals, including relatives of a number of the group’s ethnic Tajik commanders, amid an ongoing dispute over gold. According to these sources, those detained include Khaled, a nephew of Mawlawi Amanuddin Mansoor, the Taliban’s governor in Helmand; Musa Kaka, a commander close to Juma Khan Fateh, the Taliban’s deputy governor in Zabul; and the brother-in-law of Mawlawi Hafiz, the Taliban’s governor in Farah. The sources also reported that the Taliban have destroyed gold-processing workshops belonging to Amanuddin Mansoor. Click here to read more (external link).
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