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Taliban key commander killed in eastern Afghanistan
JALALABAD, Afghanistan, Jan. 23 (BSS/Xinhua) – A Taliban key commander
Mullah Ghafar has been killed in Pachiragam district of the eastern Nangarhar
province, a statement of the provincial government said here Saturday.
The security forces launched a special operation Friday night in Pachiragam
district to capture Taliban’s notorious commander Mullah Ghafar alive but he
resisted and was killed in a cross fire, the statement added.
Describing Mullah Ghafar as a notorious commander and in charge of
recruitment of fighters for the Taliban outfit, the statement said that
Ghafar’s physical elimination could prove a major setback to the armed
insurgents in Nangarhar and its vicinity.
The Taliban group has yet to make comments.
BSS/Xinhua/MSY/1452 hrs