URUZGAN PROVINCE, Afghanistan – The Khaz Uruzgan District Augmentation Team met with District Gov. Abdul Halim May 19 to discuss the reintegration of three former Taliban members at the weekly district community council shura in the village of Khaz.

Dilber Khan, a former Taliban commander, along with former Taliban members Habib Alluh and Amir Mohammed, have begun the reintegration process.

“The three men have turned their weapons into the district chief of police, Haji Rashid and renounced their ties to the Taliban,” said Halim. “Additionally, the three men have filled out all required paperwork to begin the reintegration process.”

Halim stated that after the high profile Taliban commander Abdul Samad reintegrated, he expects more Taliban members to reintegrate in order to take advantage of the program’s incentives.

The shura chairman, Malik Karim, said that currently, he is speaking with local elders to encourage more Taliban to begin the reintegration process to become productive Afghan citizens.
Following his remarks, Karim introduced Dilber Khan to the shura.

Khan denounced the Taliban, pledged his support for the government of the Islamic Republic of Afghanistan to the shura, and accepted all the terms of the reintegration process, said a KU DAT member.

Shura members guaranteed Khan’s commitment and unanimously accepted his reintegration into the community.