### [2021-05-12](/feed/2021/05/12/index.md)

##### War in Afghanistan
# Mullah Mannan Niazi, the deputy leader of a splinter group of Taliban led by Mullah Rasul, is wounded after attackers targeted the area where he lived in Herat Province. Mullah Niazi is in a coma and three of his men were killed and four others were wounded in the clash. 

The clash happened at around 10 pm local time in Guzara district in Herat. 


### Sources:

1. [TOLO News](https://tolonews.com/afghanistan-172114)

### Changes:

1. Mullah Mannan Niazi, the deputy leader of a splinter group of Taliban led by Mullah Rasul, was wounded after attackers targeted the area where he lived in Herat Province. Mullah Niazi is in a coma and three of his men were killed and four others were wounded in the clash.  _2021-05-12 21:06:35 (First version)_
1. Mullah Mannan Niazi, the deputy leader of a splinter group of Taliban led by Mullah Rasul, is wounded after attackers targeted the area where he lived in Herat Province. Mullah Niazi is in a coma and three of his men were killed and four others were wounded in the clash.  _(Current version)_

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