Sunday Sign of Hope May 13th 2007
Taliban's most feared commander killed
From Times Online UK:
The Taleban’s most prominent military commander, a one-legged fighter who orchestrated an ethnic massacre and a rash of beheadings, has been killed in an American-led military operation in southern Afghanistan it is reported today.
Mullah Dadullah, a top lieutenant of the Taleban leader Mullah Omar, was killed on Saturday in the southern province of Helmand, said Said Ansari, the spokesman for Afghanistan’s intelligence service.
A Nato statement confirmed Dadullah's death, saying it had dealt the insurgency “a serious blow.”
Dadullah is one of the highest-ranking Taleban leaders killed since the fall of the hard-line regime following the American-led invasion in 2001. His death represents a major victory for the Afghan government and the international coalition that has struggled to contain the Taleban-led insurgency in the south and east of the country.
“Mullah Dadullah was the backbone of the Taleban,” said Asadullah Khalid, the governor of the former Taleban stronghold of Kandahar. “He was a brutal and cruel commander who killed and beheaded Afghan civilians.”
Mr Khalid showed Dadullah’s body to reporters at a news conference in the governor’s compound. An Associated Press reporter said the body, which was lying on a bed and dressed in a traditional Afghan robe, had no left leg and three bullet wounds: one to the back of the head and two to the stomach.
From Times Online UK:
The Taleban’s most prominent military commander, a one-legged fighter who orchestrated an ethnic massacre and a rash of beheadings, has been killed in an American-led military operation in southern Afghanistan it is reported today.
Mullah Dadullah, a top lieutenant of the Taleban leader Mullah Omar, was killed on Saturday in the southern province of Helmand, said Said Ansari, the spokesman for Afghanistan’s intelligence service.
A Nato statement confirmed Dadullah's death, saying it had dealt the insurgency “a serious blow.”
Dadullah is one of the highest-ranking Taleban leaders killed since the fall of the hard-line regime following the American-led invasion in 2001. His death represents a major victory for the Afghan government and the international coalition that has struggled to contain the Taleban-led insurgency in the south and east of the country.
“Mullah Dadullah was the backbone of the Taleban,” said Asadullah Khalid, the governor of the former Taleban stronghold of Kandahar. “He was a brutal and cruel commander who killed and beheaded Afghan civilians.”
Mr Khalid showed Dadullah’s body to reporters at a news conference in the governor’s compound. An Associated Press reporter said the body, which was lying on a bed and dressed in a traditional Afghan robe, had no left leg and three bullet wounds: one to the back of the head and two to the stomach.
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