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| Afghanistan |
| Talib commander, 48 Paks now decomposing |
| 2001-11-07 |
Gulgarai was one of the local Pashtun commanders who defected to the Taleban in 1997, allowing them briefly to capture Mazar. He had a bad reputation for Human Rights abuses and would probably have fought to the last, if necessary, because defection to the Alliance was not an option. Reports of Gulgarai's death came after the Alliance said on Tuesday it had won control of three other districts, south of Sholgera, as a week of see-saw battles continued. But the Taleban have disputed this, and an official told the French news agency AFP that their forces were preparing to counter-attack. "God willing we will be able to recapture all lost territories in a very short time," he said. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |