Taliban fighters affiliated with Mawlawi Jalal, the Taliban commander in Samangan Province fatally stabbed a shopkeeper, identified as Meftah in the vicinity of the First District of Mazar-e Sharif City Balkh Province on April 14, reports Hahst-e Subh. Meftah, who ran a shop in Aybak, the capital of Samangan Province, had gone to Balkh to purchase goods. Taliban stated that he was killed due to adultery charges, others believe it was personal enmity.