Local sources in Maidan Wardak and Ghazni provinces say that, over the past 24 hours, the bodies of four Taliban fighters killed in clashes in Badakhshan have been transferred to their home provinces.
The sources the Hasht-e Subh Daily on Thursday, August 13, that the bodies of two Taliban fighters had been transferred to Saydabad district in Maidan Wardak, while the bodies of two others were taken to districts of Gilan and Nawa in Ghazni.
The sources added that the body of one of the fighters, Aziz Rahman, was buried yesterday afternoon in Saydabad district of Maidan Wardak, while the body of another fighter named Akif was buried yesterday evening in Aghujan village of Gilan district, Ghazni.
The sources emphasized that more bodies of Taliban fighters killed in the Badakhshan clashes may have been transferred to their provinces, but the Taliban are attempting to conceal the deaths of their members.
This comes as clashes between Juma khan Fateh, a dissident Taliban commander, and a number of Taliban fighters have continued in Nusay district of Badakhshan since Tuesday evening.
