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Rehmatullah Named Taliban Commander In Khost
Source: NNIAn official of the Taliban has said that their leader has appointed Hafiz Rehmatullah as Taliban commander in Khost province of Afghanistan. Mullah Rehmatullah was arrested early last year, then released when the Noorzai Pashtun threatened to break relations with the government. The official who did not want to be named told Radio Tehran that Hafiz Rehmatullah would head and expand military operations in Khost province. He said that a large number of US forces are based in different parts of Khost and forces under the command of Rehmatullah would carry out series of bomb blasts and even suicide attacks against the Americans forces. Next time we catch him, we'd better kill him, rather than handing over to the Afghan government... Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-03-11 |
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