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High-Ranking Taliban Official Captured In Afghanistan Wednesday January 17, 2007 An important Taliban commander has been captured by NATO-led troops in Afghanistan, according to reports. The unidentified individual, said to be the first Taliban leader captured by the allied forces, was detained in the Gereshk district of Helmand province. The detainee was reportedly the insurgents' leader in the dangerous Panjwaii district of Kandahar province. That's where Canadian troops initiated a heavy ground offensive last summer. "This seizure of a Taliban commander, once again shows that there is nowhere to hide for insurgent leaders," said NATO spokesperson Squadron Leader Dave Marsh. Afghan security forces will question the captured leader, who had fled a recent offensive by NATO forces in the country's south. It's the latest in a string of successes against the insurgents. Last month an air strike by U.S. forces killed Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Osmani, the highest-ranking Taliban official killed since the invasion began in 2001. About 4,000 people have died in the conflict over the past year according to official reports. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
