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NDS Detains Three Assassins in Herat
 [Tolo News] Three Death Eaters attempting to assassinate a provincial Ulema Council member by placing explosives in the scholar's car were juggedDrop the rosco and step away witcher hands up! by the National Directorate of Security personnel, according to the provincial front man Mahiuddin Noori. "These individuals confessed that they were planning to kill religious scholars in Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... province," Noori said. Noori also added that a prominent Taliban capo was killed in an Afghan-led operation in Kuzra district of Herat. Afghan National Army Special Forces conducted the operation in the Haft Darband areas of the Kuzra district to eradicate a Taliban's hideout. Three Taliban fighters, including their commander Faiz Mohammad, were killed and 8 other Taliban fighters were maimed. Multiple explosives devices were seized at the time of operation. Posted by: trailing wife 2012-08-16 |
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