Taliban’s Central Bank Governor Injured in Accident on Herat-Kandahar Highway

Sources from the Taliban group told Afghanistan International that in a traffic accident on the Herat-Kandahar highway, Hedayatullah Badri, governor of the Taliban Central Bank, was injured and his driver was killed.

According to the sources, Badri has been transferred to a hospital in Kandahar.

The Taliban has not officially commented on the traffic accident and health condition of Badri.

Hedayatullah Badri is one of the senior officials of the Taliban. He was the former finance minister of the Taliban.

More details about the incident have not yet been released.