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http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=49606
Coalition Troops Detain Taliban Leader in Afghanistan
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, April 17, 2008 – Coalition forces in Afghanistan detained a Taliban commander and another suspected terrorist during operations in Zabul province April 15, military officials reported.
The detained terrorist is linked to illegal financial, foreign-fighter and roadside-bomb operations in the province’s Qalat district, officials said. Another suspected terrorist also was detained.
In other news, Afghan army commandos assisted by coalition forces captured a suspected Taliban leader in Khowst province April 14. The detainee is suspected of being a Taliban operative responsible for attacks against Afghan security forces.
The detainee also is suspected of providing housing and intelligence for suicide bombers. Afghan citizens tipped off coalition forces through a program that offers financial compensation for information leading to the capture of terrorists and other criminals or the recovery of weapons.
(Compiled from Combined Joint Task Force 101 news releases.)
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http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/04/_commander_ismail_im.php
“Bara bin Malek Front Commander killed in Pakistani shootout”
By MATT DUPEEApril 17, 2008 12:43 PM
PHOTO CAPTION: “Commander Ismail. Image obtained by The Long War Journal from CJTF-82.”
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “A senior leader of a Taliban splinter group known as the Bara bin Malek Front, one of the most dangerous insurgent groups operating in northeastern Afghanistan, was killed during a blazing shootout with Pakistani police in the North Western Frontier Province earlier this week. Security forces opened fire on Mullah Ahmad Shah, better known as his nom de guerre Commander Ismail, after he failed to stop at a police check point near the Afghan border. Ismail was attempting to smuggle a kidnapped Afghan day laborer back to an insurgent hideout on the Afghan side of the border, according to Pakistani security officials who spoke with CBS. Taliban spokesman Zabibullah Mujahid also confirmed the killing of a top Taliban commander in the area according to the same report.”