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Afghanistan
NDS detains Taliban commander on way to Pakistan
2015-11-08
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The National Directorate of Security
...the Afghan national intel agency...
(NDS) -- Afghanistan's intelligence agency has locked away
Book 'im, Mahmoud!
a Taliban capo who was trying to escape to Quetta city of Pakistain after participating in heavy festivities in Afghanistan.

A statement released by NDS on Saturday states that Sayed Mohammad-ud-Din alias Sadat was detained together with one of his lover companion during a special raid in western Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
province.

Mohammad-ud-Din has confessed to NDS during initial investigation that he played key role in attack on Qaisar District of Faryab province.

As a result of the attack, Taliban took control of several areas in Qaisar District but they were pushed back by a military operation led by first vice-President Abdul Rashid Dostum
...ethnic Uzbek warlord who distinguished himself fighting the Soviets and the Taliban. The story that he had a bad guy run over with a tank is an exaggeration. It was an armored personnel carrier...
.

During the operation, Gen. Dostum escaped unharmed from a Taliban ambush in Qaisar District in mid August.

Also, three jacket wallahs were arrested in Qaisar district who had intended to kill the first vice-President.

The suicide bombers had made their way up to the vicinity of Gen. Dostum's residence.

Posted by:Fred

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