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Mullah Omar's brother-in-law killed
 Afghan and United States-led foreign forces have killed 27 Taleban fighters in the latest clashes in the worst violence Afghanistan has seen since the Taleban were ousted in 2001.Rahmatullah Raufi, a government army commander in the Afghan south, said a brother-in-law of fugitive Taleban chief Mullah Mohammad Omar was most probably among those killed in the fighting on Sunday night in the countrys south. Most probably, Amanullah, the brother-in-law of Mullah Omar, who was also keeping his finances, was also killed, Raufi said yesterday. He said 15 Taleban fighters were killed in the clashes in Deh Rawood district in the southern province of Uruzgan, while 12 militants were killed in an airstrike by US-led forces in Panjwai district of southern Kandahar province. A spokesman for US-led forces said they were checking the reports. Posted by: Dan Darling 2006-06-13 |
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