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| Afghanistan/South Asia |
| Top Taliban commander arrested |
| 2004-07-22 |
| The Afghan defense ministry on Thursday said that its troops had arrested a top Taleban commander, who is among the US most wanted terrorist suspects, in the southern province of Helmand. Zahir Azimy, the spokesman for the defense minister, told DPA that Kaka Sardar, one of the Taleban top commanders, was arrested in the Bagran district of the southern province of Helmand on Wednesday. The top Taleban commander arrested on Wednesday was about to leave for the western province of Ghor when the Afghan troops arrested him, said Azimy. He was arrested with a pistol, a satellite telephone and a motorcycle, according to Azimy. Meanwhile, Azimy said that a group of armed men ambushed a police vehicle in the same province and killed all the 11 police inside, including their commander, Qayum Jan. "Still it is not clear, whether the Taleban ambushed them or the smugglers," Azimy said. However, Mufti Abdul Latif Hakimi, a spokesman for the Taleban claimed responsibility of the 11 killed police. Azimy also said that the US and Afghan troops killed three Taleban fighters and a woman who opened fire at the Afghan and US soldiers from a house in the southern province of Zabul. However, he declined to provide detailed information about the incident in Zabul. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |
| #3 Kaka? The mokes are down to guys named kaka? |
| Posted by: Anonymous5884 2004-07-22 5:26:39 PM |
| #2 who is among the US most wanted terrorist suspects, who could that be I wonder? |
| Posted by: Liberalhawk 2004-07-22 1:07:58 PM |
| #1 âStill it is not clear, whether the Taleban ambushed them or the smugglers,â Azimy said. Right. Like there's a difference... |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-07-22 12:24:28 PM |