A spokesman for the Ministry of Interior Nasrat Rahimi said the incident took place late on Monday in northern Faryab province.
Rahimi further added that a Taliban militant identified as Qari Jan Mohammad alias Anzala who was involved in anti-government armed activities for the past three years, shot dead his group leader Wahdat late on Monday afternoon and surrendered himself to police forces in Faryab.
The anti-government armed militants including Taliban have not commented regarding the incident so far.
Faryab is among the relatively volatile provinces in North of Afghanistan. Taliban militants are active in some of its districts and often carry out terrorist related activities by attacking the government and security institutions.
Source : Afghan Voice Agency(AVA)