Several local sources in Chahab district of Takhar province told Afghanistan International that a Taliban commander had severely beaten the district's head of education.
According to sources, Keri Suhaib, the commander of the Taliban's al-Farooq brigade in Farqar district, beat Molbi Hameed, Chahab's director of education, for not placing his father's name at the top of the list of speakers at a school inauguration.
Several local sources told Afghanistan International that the education director of Chahab district was beaten by the commander of the Taliban's al-Farooq division on Saturday evening and taken to the hospital.