FAIZABAD, Afghanistan, July 3 (Xinhua)-- A total of 20 Taliban militants gave up fighting and surrendered to government in the northern Badakhshan province on Saturday, police said Sunday.
"Twenty Taliban militants under Mawlawi Ikramudin gave up fighting and handed over their weapons to police in a ceremony held in provincial capital Faizabad on Saturday," senior police official Shir Aziz Kamawal told Xinhua.
Taliban outfit has yet to comment on the subject.
The surrender of militants to government forces in Badakhshan is taking place amid heavy fighting between security forces and Taliban fighters in Raghistan district wherein dozens of people from both sides have been killed over the past couple of weeks.