Eleven armed Taliban fighters on Monday laid down their arms and joined reconciliation process in Baghlan province, north of Afghanistan, police said.
"Eleven armed rebels, whose commander Abdul Jabbar surrendered to government days ago, also laid down their arms and joined reconciliation process in Jilga district today (Monday), and they vowed to defend government thus working for peace," provincial police spokesman Ahmad Jawed Basharat told Xinhua.
Mullah Abdul Jabar along with his 19 arm men joined the reconciliation process on May 14 in Jilga district and urged to help Afghan forces to boost durable security in province, he added.
ъTaliban militants fighting Afghan and international troops based in Afghanistan have yet to make comments.
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