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Afghanistan
Taliban military commission chief killed in Afghan intelligence operatives raid
2016-04-21
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] The military commission chief of the Taliban group for eastern Paktia province has been killed during a special military operation conducted by the Afghan intelligence operatives.

The National Directorate of Security
...the Afghan national intel agency...
(NDS) said Qari Zubair was killed along with three others accompanying him during an operation in Pashtun-infested Logar province.

A statement by NDS said the operation was conducted in Khoshi district while another member of Taliban’s military commission was tossed in the clink
Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up!
in Charkh district.

The statement further added that the detained holy warrior has been identified as Qari Mir Ahmad son of Nadir.

The Afghan intelligence operatives also seized weapons and explosives cache after the holy warrior was arrested by the NDS operatives.

According to NDS, the cache included 2 Dshk heavy machine guns, 28 boxes of Dshk ammunition, 1 vehicle, 2 communication device, 28 rounds of RPG rockets, 2 hand grenades, 3 mortar rounds, 6 Ak-47 ammunition magazines, 8 military uniforms, 1 Taliban military commission stamp, 7 military training books.

NDS said the group was looking to plan and coordinate attacks in eastern Paktia and central Pashtun-infested Logar province which were thwarted following the operations.

The Talibs group has not commented regarding the report so far.

Posted by:Fred

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