After a short period of warfare between the Taliban and The Union Front forces, the latter withdrew, enabling the Taliban to seize control of the Gosfandi Districts in Sar-e-Pol province.On February 2, 2000, the Taliban summoned a gathering of villagers at Ab Khor in the Agha Shahansha Mosque. They called on people to surrender weapons, whereupon some men brought and handed over weapons. The Taliban then arrested some ten men, all civilians, and took them to Mawlvi Zareef’s Mosque, where they were held overnight. After morning prayers, the Taliban tied the prisoners’ hands using their turbans and loaded them into pick-up trucks. The senior Taliban present in the execution party were Mullah Abdul Sattar Lang and Mullah Malang. They unloaded the prisoners at Chapa Gardana, near Achabor. There, the Taliban fired using automatic weapons, killing all the prisoners.