A total of ten militants including a Taliban shadow district chief have been killed in Jawzjan province, local officials said.

The spokesman of Jawzjan governor, Abdul Marouf Qarqin told Reporterly that the Taliban militants stormed the Moradiyan district to capture the building of the district.

Qarqin noted that the clashes continued up to 05:00am in the morning and Taliban fled the area after killing of ten of his fighters and wounding of ten others.
He stated that the Taliban shadow district chief for Qarqin district, Mullah Jora is also among the killed.