Afghan police capture Taliban shadow district governor in northern Baghlan province

KABUL, June 12 (Xinhua) -- Police during operations have arrested three militants including the shadow governor of Taliban for Khost-o-Fereng district of the northern Baghlan province, Interior Ministry said in a statement released here on Monday.

According to the statement, units of police acting upon intelligence report, launched operations in Khost-o-Fereng district Monday morning and captured Mawlawi Ebadullah, the shadow governor of Taliban for the district along with two of his bodyguards at 04:30 a.m. local time.

Taliban outfit has yet to make comment on the report.