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Top Taliban Commander Killed

December 23, 2006 Posted by John at 9:23 AM

Good news from Afghanistan: Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Osmani, described as one of the Taliban's top military commanders and one of Mullah Omar's three closest associates, was killed by an airstrike earlier this week, along with two companions.

Osmani was the Taliban's top military commander in southern Afghanistan and is said to be the highest ranking member of that organization to die in the past five years.

Via Power Line News.