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Key Taliban commander detained in S. Afghanistan
(Xinhua) -- The NATO-led troops detained a key Taliban capo in bad boys' hotbed Helmand province south of Afghanistan, police said Monday."Mullah Abbas, a senior Taliban capo who was injured
in a shootout, was detained by international troops in Nawa district, during the country's parliamentary election day on Saturday," a police official who declined to be named told Xinhua. He said Abbas used to command the hardliner gun-hung tough guys in Nawa, Nad Ali and Marja districts.
Posted by: Fred 2010-09-21 |
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