Ferdous, the governor, has urged Alam’s fighters to remain patient and await the outcome of the investigation in Kabul. On Friday, the Taliban’s acting defense minister, Maulvi Muhammad Yaqoob, expressed concern. “Such incidents are creating unrest and divisions within the system,” Yaqoob said, in public remarks made during a visit to the north. “No one should be targeted on the basis of his ethnic background. We should come out of this division.”