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| ISAF: Taliban commander captured in Afghanistan |
| 2010-08-29 |
| Afghan and international forces captured a senior Taliban commander in Logar provice, NATO's International Security Assistance Force announced Sunday. Zia Ul-Haq is accused of helping foreign fighters and suicide bombers get into the capital, Kabul. He was captured along with a sub-commander and another insurgent on Wednesday, ISAF said in a statement. The military surrounded a series of compounds in Pul-e 'Alam district and ordered everyone to come out, they said. They identified the three Taliban fighters by questioning everyone at the scene, they said. They did not fire a shot during the operation, they said. |
| Posted by:tu3031 |
| #3 That old, huh, 'moose? We need to step up the eradication program, then. |
| Posted by: Barbara Skolaut 2010-08-29 14:33 |
| #2 I think any Taliban over the age of 25 is automatically promoted to "commander". |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2010-08-29 14:09 |
| #1 too important to splodeydope, are they? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2010-08-29 13:35 |