Afghan Taliban join reintegration process

Fourteen members of the Taliban insurgent group surrendered in eastern Afghanistan's Kunar province, said the provincial governor on Wednesday. "A 14-member group of Taliban under Gulan Khan renounced the violence and joined the peace and reintegration process in Sawkai district earlier on Wednesday," governor Shujah ul-Mulk Jalala told Xinhua.

They also handed over their weapons to the security authorities, the official added.

The move would strength the peace and stability in parts of the mountainous province, he noted.

The government set up a 70-member High Peace Council and launched the peace and reconciliation process in 2010 to encourage the Taliban to disarm and give up militancy.

Taliban militants fighting Afghan and NATO-led troops have not made any comment yet.