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Taliban, Haqqani Commanders Captured, Killed in Afghan Ops
A Taliban leader who aided an insider attack was captured in a joint Afghan and NATO...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... troop operation in eastern Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. province on Tuesday, Isaf said, a day after it confirmed a Taliban leader Qurashi was killed in a security operation in eastern Kunduz province. The Nangarhar leader "is directly associated with facilitating the movement and escape of an insider-attack shooter across Afghan borders", Isaf said Tuesday. Qurashi, also known as Baz Khan and Zubair, who was killed Saturday, specialised in the use of improvised bombs (IEDs) and was directly involved in planning and executing IED attacks, Isaf said in its operations update on Monday. Isaf also said two recently tossed in the clink Book 'im, Mahmoud! hard boyz captured in two separate Afghan-led operations in southern Kandahar province were confirmed to be Haji Mama, a controller of weapons, ammunition, homemade explosives and improvised bombs (placed in durance vile ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... Oct. 4) and Mohammad Nabi, a controller of IEDs and radios (placed in durance vile ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... Oct. 12). Meanwhile, ...back at the scene of the crime, Lieutenant Queeg had an idea: there was a simple way to tell whether Manetti had been the triggerman -- just look at his shoes!... a Haqqani leader was captured with a number of other suspected hard boyz in a joint forces operation in eastern Ghazni province Tuesday. He coordinated attacks against Afghan and coalition forces and provided weapons to direct action cells located in northern Pashtun-infested Logar province, Isaf said. It comes after joint forces killed Haqqani leader Rahmatullah during a security operation in Pashtun-infested Logar province on Saturday. "Rahmatullah, also known as Qari Moktar or Mohammad Qasim Qari, was responsible for coordinating direct fire and improvised bomb attacks against Afghan and coalition forces in Pul-e Alam district," Isaf said Sunday. Posted by: trailing wife 2012-10-17 |
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