As such, the control of Kandahar province is a matter of great prestige.
A suicide bomber kills at least 15 people in the southern Kandahar province.
He previously served as Governor of Kandahar province, in the early 1990s and from 2001 until 2003.
Also a military offensive was being planned in the Kandahar Province.
He underwent surgery at a military hospital in Kandahar Province.
The governor of Kandahar Province issued a statement today saying that he would fight until the end.
Now, 155,000 children in Kandahar Province are in new public schools.
He was later deployed with his unit to Kandahar province in Afghanistan.
Other opposition commanders were also reported to have entered Kandahar Province with troops.
Mahmood was suspected of organizing suicide attacks in Kandahar province.