October 22, 2008
US Airstrikes Kill Taliban Commander Mullah Ghafar
Another Iran linked Taliban dude sploded by US military. Prayers are in order for the families of the Afghanistan soldiers but NOT for this Taliban scum!
US airstrikes in southern and southeastern Afghanistan met with both success and tragedy over the past 24 hours. A strike in Helmand province killed a senior Taliban commander, while another in Khost accidentally killed nine Afghan soliders. The attacks come as NATO has come under pressure to reduce civilian casualties while fighting a resurgent Taliban and al Qaeda force.The Helmand strike killed a senior Taliban commander named Mullah Ghafar and two other fighters, the US military said in a press release. Ghafar operated along the border between Kandahar and neighboring Helmand province. He is also thought to have been behind numerous attacks in Farah and Nimruz province.
In 2006, the BBC reported Ghafar commanded a Taliban force estimated to have between 300 and 500 fighters. "He is allegedly in regular contact with the Iranian secret service via an Iranian-Baloch tribal family which is heavily involved in the opium trade," according to the report. Ghafar was reportedly wounded in an airstrike that killed Mullah Janan, another senior Taliban leader, in Kandahar's Panjwai district in July 2008
By Stable Hand at October 22, 2008 04:37 PM | | l digg this
