Taliban militants execute prayer leader of a mosque in Nangarhar

AVA- The incident took place in the vicinity of Khogyani district late on Monday evening after a number of the Taliban stormed into a mosque in the area.

The provincial government media office in a statement said the insurgents stormed into Sheikh Qambar Baba mosque and executed Qari Jamil due to unknown reasons.

The statement further added that Qari Jamil did not have any links with any group or government institutions and yet the reason behind his execution by the Taliban insurgents remains unclear.

The Taliban insurgents group has not commented regarding the report so far.

This comes as the local officials earlier had said that the Taliban insurgents have executed one of their other local leaders amid ongoing violence in this province.

According to the local officials, the Taliban group was executed by the insurgents in Ghani Khel district but the main motive has not been ascertained so far.

The provincial government media office in a statement confirmed that a key Taliban group member identified as Khadem who was also famous as Dadullah was killed by the insurgents.

The statement further added that Khadem was apparently killed due to the persistent differences among the Taliban ranks and ongoing infighting with the ISIS terrorist groups militants.