Afghan troops and US special forces killed a Taliban commander and his bodyguard Thursday in northern Afghanistan, a provincial governor said, DPA reported.
Mullah Daoud and one of his men were killed in a pre-dawn operation in Ghor Tapa, an area in Kunduz city, the capital of the province of the same name, Governor Mohammad Omar said.
"He was the main Taliban commander in the area," Omar said, adding that four other suspected militants were detained by the soldiers.
Daoud was appointed Taliban commander for Kunduz city and the province's Chardarah district after his predecessor Mullah Selaab was killed in a similar operation on the weekend.
Afghan troops and the NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) have recently stepped up their operations against militants in Kunduz and neighbouring Baghlan, the most turbulent provinces in the region.
Afghan and ISAF forces killed Mullah Noor Mohammad, the Taliban's shadow governor for Kunduz province, Monday.
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