Kabul, March 18 (IANS): A key Taliban commander in Afghanistan has surrendered and joined the government-backed peace process, a provincial police chief said Tuesday.
"Taliban commander in Zabul province Mullah Daud has given up fighting and joined the peace process," Xinhua quoted provincial police chief Ghulam Jilani Farahi as saying.
Farahi said the former Taliban commander, after fighting the government and NATO-led forces over the past eight years, has laid down arms.
He added that the decision would further boost the peace and reconciliation process in Zabul and adjoining provinces.