Via GlobalSecurity.org -
NATO officials confirmed Mullah Dadullah's death Sunday.
In a brief written statement NATO says the Taleban commander was killed in a U.S.-led coalition operation and called his death "a serious blow" to the insurgency.
Saeed Ansari, spokesman for the Afghan intelligence agency, says Mullah Dadullah was killed Saturday night in Helmand province.
Ansari says Dadullah was killed during a military operation, and his body has been moved to neighboring Kandahar province.
Kandahar Governor Asadullah Khalid reportedly showed Dadullah's remains to several local journalists.
Many of them had interviewed the one-legged Taleban commander in the past, and they say the body did appear to be his.
Dadullah was the insurgency's top military leader, and was widely regarded as one of the militant group's most capable and most ruthless commanders.
---------------------------------------------------
The Helmand province is almost 200 miles from Quetta, Pakistan
No comments:
Post a Comment