20 armed Taliban give up militancy in W. Afghanistan

This is the stuff you just don't hear about in the news.
200 Taliban have given up their weapons for peace in the past month.
Encouraging as it sounds, chances are they recruit more than that to their cause.

Afghanistan news Center
Twenty armed Taliban militants gave up militancy and surrendered to government in Afghanistan's western Herat province on Monday, provincial governor Daud Saba said.

"Twenty Taliban fighters who were active in Shindand district have joined the peace process and handed over their weapons including 13 Kalashnikovs and rocket-propelled grenades to security officials in Herat city this morning," Saba told Xinhua.

Commander of the group Mullah Abdul Jabar vowed that from now on to defend peace and security in the province, he added .

With joining these former rebels peace and stability would be maintained in Shindad district and surrounding areas, he emphasized.

Taliban militants fighting Afghan government and NATO-led troops have yet to make comments.

Over 200 insurgents, according to local officials, have surrendered to government in western and northern provinces over the past one month.