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June 23, 2005
Senior Taliban Commanders Hunted In Afghan Fighting
Reuters reports that Afghan forces are closing in on a number of senior Taliban commanders in southwestern Afghanistan:

The commanders included Mullah Dadullah, a member of the Taliban's 10-man leadership council headed by elusive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, and Mullah Brother another commander thought close to Omar, a Defence Ministry spokesman said

"Mullah Brother, Mullah Dadullah, Mullah Abdul Hakim, Mullah Abdul Hanan and Mullah Abdul Basir are in that area," Mohammad Ishaq Paiman said. "The operation is ongoing."

Afghan Interior Ministry spokesman Lutfullah Mashal said it appeared the guerrillas had been building up strength to launch attacks on the main southern city of Kandahar and elsewhere ahead of Afghanistan's September 18 elections.

From California Yankee.

Posted by Dan Spencer at June 23, 2005 06:59 AM | TrackBack
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