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Six key Swat Taliban commanders killed |
2010-04-27 |
MINGORA: Six key Taliban commanders were killed in clashes with security forces in Swat, security officials said on Monday. The officials told Daily Times that the six Taliban commanders were killed in two separate clashes with the forces, adding that troops also recovered a large cache of arms from the Taliban hideouts. The first clash occurred at Kanju town of Kabal tehsil in which four wanted Taliban commanders were killed. Separately, the troops killed two Taliban commanders in a search operation in Elam area of Barikot tehsil. Meanwhile, Charbagh operations commander, Col Ejaz Malik, said the security forces would show no leniency to the supporters of the Taliban. Earlier, the jirga announced complete support for the security forces. |
Posted by:Steve White |
#6 I think a "key Taliban commander" is anybody that can bring three more people to the gunfight. They might be his brothers, or his third cousins on his mother's side, but that doesn't matter. He brought them, he has some control over them, so he's a "key Taliban commander". And yeah, they've got a jillion of them. |
Posted by: Old Patriot 2010-04-27 19:53 |
#5 They sure do seem to have a lot of them. |
Posted by: gorb 2010-04-27 11:01 |
#4 I think it's more like 'key Taliban commander' = anyone that's caught or killed. |
Posted by: Spot 2010-04-27 07:56 |
#3 Can someone translate Taliban ranks into their rough equivalent in US Army ranks? Is 'key Taliban commander' about like a corporal? Or what? |
Posted by: Glenmore 2010-04-27 07:34 |
#2 I agree it's good news, but how can you tell that "we" are reaching a tipping point in Pakistan's operations? |
Posted by: American Delight 2010-04-27 06:07 |
#1 Finally we seem to be reaching a tipping point. |
Posted by: Mike Hunt 2010-04-27 00:47 |