|
4 Taliban Leaders Killed in Laghman, Herat Airstrikes
The leader of a Taliban group in eastern Laghman province was killed by an The leader, Rohullah Kahoon, is believed to be responsible for multiple attacks against Afghan and coalition forces using improvised bombs (IED), rocket-propelled grenades and indirect fire munitions, such as rockets and mortars, Isaf said. According to Isaf's Wednesday operations update, the security forces identified Rohullah Kahoon and a group of armed Islamic fascisti before killing him and three of the Islamic fascisti via an Isaf also confirmed that at least two ...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's Shindand district. An Sultan was reported to have directed attacks against security forces and kidnapped Afghan civilians among other criminal activities such as sending Islamic fascisti into villages in Farah to intimidate the local population into not supporting the Afghanistan government, Isaf said. Mohammad was reportedly involved in helping jacket wallahs and attacking Afghan and coalition troops in the area. He is also said to have intimidated the local population to disrupt local elections. The third leader to be killed in Shindand was second-in-charge Mullah Mansur via an Mansur is said by Isaf to have commanded an IED cell and coordinated ambush attacks on Afghan National Security Forces in the province, in addition to moving IEDs and narcotics and recruiting young men for the insurgency. Posted by: trailing wife 2012-10-06 |
| http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=353283 |