11 Taliban militants including their two ‘local leaders’ were killed in Jawzjan Province on February 3, reports Bakhtar News. Mohammad Hanef Rezaee, spokesman of the Shaheen 209 Army Corps, said, the Taliban including Jafar and Obaida two senior leaders of this group were killed in joint clearing operation of defense and Security Forces (SFs) in Jawzjan-Sar-e-Pul highway. A hideout of the militants and weapons were also seized in the operation.