120 militants of Taliban rival faction join Afghan gov't
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More than 100 fighters from Taliban' rival faction the Islamic party Hizb-e-Islami have joined government over the past two days in Afghanistan's northern Baghlan province, police spokesman in the region Lal Mohammad Ahmadzai said Monday.
"Since Sunday 120 fighters including 70 armed men from Hizb-e-Islami have joined government," Ahmadzai told Xinhua.
Among those joined government after bloody clash with Taliban is Mamor Malang the commander of Hizb-e-Islami fighters in Baghlan province, the official further said, adding that the joining process of the militants is continuing.
In the clash begun Saturday in Baghlan-e-Markazi district and ended on Sunday morning, according to Ahmadzai 60 people from both sides, 40 of them from Hizb-e-Islami, had been killed.
Taliban militants had occupied several villages and police have yet to take any action in the area, the official further said.
Neither Taliban nor Hizb-e-Islami which are fighting Afghan and NATO-led troops in Afghanistan has made comment.
