A former Taliban commander has surrendered to the Afghan government, one of most high-profile figures to do so since the regime was toppled more than three years ago, officials said on Friday....
Commander Abdul Waheed handed himself over to the authorities in the south-eastern Helmand province to take advantage of a planned amnesty announced by Kabul early this year, provincial intelligence chief Dad Mohammad Khan said.
American-backed President Hamid Karzai's administration has been in talks with a number of former Taliban leaders in recent months but has not announced the final details of the amnesty scheme.
Waheed has now moved to the Afghan capital Kabul where he is expected to meet Karzai....
In other news: On Thursday two suspected insurgents were killed by a mine they were planting on a road to target a local government official in Helmand's Nawzad district, Khan said....
...not wanting to be disrespectful about the deceased and all...but, still...shee-it....
...makes you wonder what they were thinking...
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