The Afghan government has arrested Taliban commerce minister Mulla Abdur Razaq in the on going joint operation by Afghan and US troops in southern Kandahar province. "We have arrested Taliban Minister and other 12 Taliban members," Khalid Pashtoon, a spokesman of the governor of Kandahar told the BBC. He said some 1,500 Afghan and American soldiers are conducting the operation in a rugged mountainous region in southern Afghanistan for Taliban fighters. The operation, which began Saturday, was being carried out in Sangisakh Shaila, a mountainous area on the border between Kandahar and Uruzgan provinces, about 70 kilometers north of the city of Kandahar. Pashtoon also claimed that eight other Taliban fighters had been killed.
13 in the bag, 8 deaders. Sounds like a good hunting trip.
He said the Afghan and American troops are successfully continuing operation, claiming that they have also recovered weapons, including AK-47 rifles and heavy machine guns. The spokesman said there have been no casualties among the Afghan or US troops. Kandahar had been the stronghold of Taliban and the home province of Taliban leader Mulla Mohammad Omar. US forces believe that Mulla Omar is likely to be hiding somewhere in Kandahar or the neighboring Helmand province.
Keep turning over rocks, he'll crawl out sooner or later. |