Taliban militants fighting Afghan government have killed a tribal elder in Kandahar province south of Afghanistan, spokesman for provincial administration Zalmai Ayubi said Saturday, Xinhua reported.
"The Taliban rebels raided the house of Khalifa Hamidullah, a tribal elder in Arghandab district Friday night and took him away and murdered him," Ayubi told Xinhua.
Taliban militants however have not made comment.
Meantime, the Taliban insurgents have asked 70 tribal elders in the neighboring Panjwai district to stop any cooperation with the government.
The militants have given this warning while Afghan and NATO-led troops are chalking out a military plan to crackdown Taliban hideouts in near future and ensure lasting peace there.
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