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Taliban leader killed in Chaman
 Unidentified gunmen shot dead a Taliban commander and two Uzbek nationals in separate incidents here on Wednesday, Online reported. A private television channel said that Taliban commander Mullah "Nematode" Naimatullah had come to Chaman from Afghanistan on Tuesday to meet his brother. Naimatullah was shot dead when he was returning to Afghanistan. The Chaman SHO said that Naimatullahs family had not demanded his body so far. Naimatullah was an associate of the governor of Afghanistans Khost province during the 1996-2001 Taliban regime, AFP reported. A spokesman for local Taliban, Gul Mohammad, said Naimatullah settled in Chaman after the 2001 ouster and was teaching at a madrassa. The SHO said that in another incident, unidentified men stopped a vehicle carrying 15 Uzbek nationals near Zaraband on the Chaman National Highway and killed 2 Uzbeks. Posted by: Fred 2007-07-26 |
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