Commander of Taliban 'special forces' killed in Afghanistan - officials

Reuters UK ^ | Dec. 3, 2017 | Staff

[Eddie01]

KABUL (Reuters) - The commander of the Taliban’s “special forces” branch, known asthe “Red Unit,” was killed last week in Helmand province by Afghan forces, according to Afghanistan’s main intelligence agency.

The National Directorate of Security (NDS) said Mullah Shah Wali, also known as Mullah Naser, was killed in an air operation in Helmand.

The province is a Taliban stronghold in the heartland of Afghanistan’s lucrative drug trade.

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[Eddie01]

Result of US build up of capability in the region according to the report. Others taken out as well.

[Migraine]

I think it’s really special when forces of evil become buzzard food. That’s my idea of Taliban special forces.

As to the two suicide bombers that were processed in this hit, they got what they wanted, only different. It was suicide-by-airmail.

[Thibodeaux]

We listen

If you speak we hear

If we hear....... boom

[McGruff]

Should have used a MOAB to send a message to anyone who’s still around.

[onedoug]

And the Hydra just springs forth two more heads.

[DesertRhino]

Do we know the name of his replacement yet?

[IronJack]

the Taliban’s “special forces” branch, known asthe “Red Unit,”

Now known as the "Dead Unit." Or the "Red Mist."

[Governor Dinwiddie]

No one should get too excited. It's whack-a-mole. Whack one down and another pops up. The supply is endless.

There is a solution but Americans in their naivete do not have the stomach for it.