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Afghanistan
Taliban Commander Killed in Eastern Afghanistan
2010-08-06
[Tolo News] At least 8 Taliban hard boys were killed, including their commander and 13 others were wounded Wednesday afternoon in clashes between bad boys and ISAF forces in the eastern Nangarhar province, officials say

The incident occurred in the province's Khogiani district when a convoy of ISAF forces was passing by, the Provincial Police Chief of Nangarhar, Abdul Ghafoor, told TOLOnews reporter.

Eight Taliban bad boys, including their leader Maulawi Sediqullah were killed and another 13 were wounded in these attacks, he added.

Meanwhile, 20 Taliban hard boys were banged and dozens of others were maimed in Mehtarlam, the provincial capital of the eastern Laghman province on Wednesday afternoon.

Afghan and coalition forces have conducted attacks in an effort to wipe out Taliban infestationss from the province many times before.
Posted by:Fred

#4  who cares as long as they are being killed? 1 less person too pull a trigger,
Posted by: chris   2010-08-06 19:48  

#3  Its more a soldier-underboss-capo type of command structure, IMO.
Posted by: Grunter in Iquitos   2010-08-06 11:34  

#2  nominal rank equivalents

Probably a sergeant. Or maybe Lieutenant if all the dead and wounded were his.
Posted by: Glenmore   2010-08-06 10:27  

#1  I wonder if such "leaders" were assigned nominal rank equivalents, if it would lend some clarity to the situation.

Say ranking this particular fecal pellet anything from Captain to Colonel. It would give some idea of how many subordinates he had, the size of his operational territory, who his connections are, etc.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2010-08-06 10:16  

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