At least 235 residents of Mirza Olang village in Sar-e-Pul province, who were taken hostage following a coordinated attack by Taleban and Daesh militants, were released after mediation of tribal elders. A press release from Sar-e-Pul governor’s office stated that commando troops arrived in Sar-e-Pul from air and ground and will soon clear the insecure parts of the province. Earlier Taleban and Daesh fighters reportedly launched an attack on the village of Mirza Olang in the Sayad district of northern Sar-e-Pul province killing over 50 villagers and taking hostage hundreds more. On Tuesday, President Ashraf Ghani condemned the Mirza Olang incident and called it a crime against Afghan civilians. He stressed the need take revenge against those who shot the residents of the village.
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