CHARIKAR, Afghanistan, Aug. 18 (Xinhua) -- Three militants including a shadow district chief Mawlawi Jamshid were injured as Taliban onslaught in Shinwari district of Afghanistan's eastern Parwan province was repulsed on Saturday, district police chief Hussain Shah Maqsoudi said.
A group of Taliban insurgents, according to the official, stormed some checkpoints in Shiwa area of Shinwari district with the objective to overrun the district early Saturday but their attempts were foiled and the militants fled away after their commander Mawlawi Jamshid got injured.
Jamshid who serves as shadow district governor for Sayed Khil district is regarded as senior Taliban commander in the eastern Parwan province, the official said, adding that Jamshid had attempted to destabilize provincial capital Charikar.
Taliban outfit is yet to make comments.
