Sources have confirmed that Juma Khan Fateh, a disgruntled commander affiliated with the Taliban administration in Badakhshan, surrendered to the authorities after several days of fighting in Nasi district and was taken to the city of Fayzabad. According to the sources, he laid down his weapons after talks with Fasihuddin Fitrat, the Taliban administration’s chief of army staff.<\/p>\n
According to the sources, Fateh and his men had been engaged in clashes with Taliban administration forces in Nasi district since last week. Members of the Taliban administration also announced his surrender by publishing videos on social media.<\/p>\n
However, details of the agreement and the conditions that led to the commander’s surrender have not yet been made clear. Security sources of the Taliban administration in Badakhshan told the BBC that the complete disarmament of people linked to Fateh was one of the conditions for this surrender.<\/p>\n
Juma Khan Fateh himself has so far not commented on the incident. After the fighting began, he said he had no problem with the Taliban administration, but had a dispute with its dispatched unit in Badakhshan and accused that unit of killing civilians.<\/p>\n
Fayzabad is the provincial capital of Badakhshan, and Nasi district is considered one of the remote areas of the province, which in recent months has seen reports of internal group tensions and local grievances.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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