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Mullah Abdul Razzaq Nafees Killed, Says Afghan Official | |||
2003-10-06 | |||
EFL: A close aide to supreme Taliban leader Mullah Omar has been killed in a clash in south Afghanistan, an Afghan official said on Monday, the second major blow to the hardline Islamic movement in under a month. News of the death of Mullah Abdul Razzaq Nafees, a member of the 10-strong Taliban shura (council) formed in June, came just days after the Taliban confirmed that Mullah Abdur Rahim, its top military commander in southern Afghanistan, had been killed. Leadership positions now open, resumes accepted.
"The Taliban are persistently showing signs of weakness," Achakzai told Reuters in the town of Spin Boldak, close to Pakistan border.
Mullah Abdul Samad, a Taliban intelligence officer, neither confirmed nor denied the report but said they had had no contact with Nafees for the past two weeks. "Presently, we don’t know whether he is dead or alive," he told Reuters. "Nafees, phone home, please." Omar had appointed Nafees to the 10-man Taliban leadership formed to intensify the "jihad," or holy war, against U.S.-led coalition troops and Afghan forces. Nafees also led Taliban forces during a major U.S.-led operation against the Islamic militia in Dai Chopan district of the southern Zabul province in August. When your senior leadership is leading troops in the field, you know you’ve got a problem. More than 100 Taliban rebels were killed in that operation.
We seem to be attriting the Taliban leaders at a good rate. | |||
Posted by:Steve |
#3 "Nafees, phone home, please." Kinda hard for him to do. Hell's '666' area code has been down for months now, something to do with overwork. |
Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-10-6 11:10:50 AM |
#2 "Nafees, phone home, please." Kinda hard for him to do. Hell's '666' area code has been down for months now, something to do with overwork. |
Posted by: Old Patriot 2003-10-6 11:10:49 AM |
#1 Quagmire! Dreaded Afghan winter! interesting that Rooters reported this... |
Posted by: Frank G 2003-10-6 10:24:18 AM |