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Kabul: At least five Taliban militants died and a key commander of the group was injured as a mine blast hit their car in Afghanistan's northern Faryab province on Sunday, media reports said on Monday.
The injured key commander was identified as Mufti Ismael.
"Taliban key commander Mufti Ismael after attending a Taliban commanders' meeting in Shirin Tagab district this afternoon were going to somewhere when a mine blast targeted his car killing five of his bodyguards and injuring him," a statement of the Faryab police said as quoted by Xinhua.
Taliban militants have overrun all seven districts of Faryab province and have been mounting pressure on the provincial capital Maimana city, 425 km northwest of Kabul, the Chinese news agency reported.
The Taliban group did not comment on the issue so far.