The US-led forces in Afghanistan say they have killed a wanted Taleban commander in the country's west. Mullah Dastagir was killed along with other militants in an air strike in Badghis province, the US army said. Dastagir was responsible for a surge in violence in Badghis in recent months, including an attack which killed 13 Afghan soldiers in November, it said. The commander was recently released from jail after elders pledged he would not return to violence, officials said.
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Provincial police chief, Sayed Ahmad Sameh, confirmed the incident. "Mullah Dastagir and Mullah Baz Mohammad, two big Taleban commanders and eight of their men were killed in the air strike by the coalition forces," news agency AFP quoted him as saying. The pair were top Taleban leaders in the province, he said.
The Afghan defence ministry said there may have been as many as 12 deaths in the incident.
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