Publish Date: 17 August 2022 - 20:00

TEHRAN, Aug. 17 (MNA) – Afghanistan's ministry of defense on Monday announced that Maulavi Mahdi, one of the senior officials that was separated from the Taliban, was killed in Herat province.

The Taliban member announced a while ago that he had been separated from this group and no longer holds a position in it.

He had emphasized that he will no longer cooperate with the Taliban anymore.

More details about this incident have not been released so far and the perpetrators behind his murder are not known yet.

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