Up to 33 Taliban militants have been killed because of infighting between supporters and opponents of Taliban leader Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Mansoor in Nawa district of the eastern Ghazni province over the past week, provincial police chief Aminullah Omarkhil said Monday.

"The clash which erupted between supporters of Mullah Mansoor and his rival Mullah Mohammad Rasoul over the control of Nawa district have left 33 deaths from both sides and Rasoul's supporters finally evicted Mansoor's men from Nawa district on Sunday," Omarkhil told Xinhua.

Meanwhile, Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid in contact with media rejected the report as baseless, saying there was no fighting among Taliban fighters in Nawa district.

Taliban has ruled the mountainous Nawa district some 200 km south of Kabul over the past few years. Endit

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