 Coalition forces killed a senior Taliban commander during an offensive in southern Afghanistan, the US military said. The commander 'was directly tied to dozens of improvised explosive device attacks that killed and crippled multiple Afghans since 2001, when the Taliban regime was ousted,' the statement said, adding that he was also responsible for the deaths of Afghan National Army soldiers and coalition soldiers. The shooting happened Friday in the Musa Qaleh district in southern province of Helmand. The US military did not provide the commander's name. |