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Key Taliban Commander Killed in Herat
 [Tolo News] Mullah Abdul Rahman Maldar, a high-ranking Taliban capo, was killed on Wednesday night 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, local officials said on Thursday. According to a provincial official, the commander was killed alongside 14 other Taliban in Loka Sang area of Oba district of Herat province in a foreign drone attack. Mullah Abdul Rahman was reportedly the commander who issued most threats to the head of the Salma Dam construction project in Chisht-e-Sharif district of Heart. Moreover, based on the statements of Heart security officials, the commander was also accused of killing nearly 80 Afghan police and army troops. Posted by: Fred 2014-10-17 |
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