Top Taliban Commander Killed In Kunduz Operation
January 10 2011
A top Taliban commander in Afghanistan's Kunduz province was among more than a dozen militants who killed late Sunday in a joint Afghan-NATO operation, according to an Afghan official cited by RTT News.
As many as 15 militants may have been killed. The operation took place in the province's Dasht-e-Archi district, a local police official said.
The Taliban leader was identified by NATO officials as Mawlawi Zahir, the group's shadow governor for northern Kunduz's Khanabad...
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