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Keyword: mullahmateen

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  • Taliban leader( Mullah Mateen) involved in SKorean kidnappings killed: government

    09/04/2007 10:07:05 AM PDT · by Dog · 50 replies · 2,346+ views
    Yahoo ^ | Sept 4 2007 | by Mohammad Yaqob
    GHAZNI, Afghanistan (AFP) - Security forces killed a Taliban commander involved in the July kidnapping of 23 South Koreans, officials said Tuesday, as around 40 other rebels were reported killed in fresh fighting. ADVERTISEMENT The commander, Mullah Mateen, and 15 other insurgents died in an Afghan and US-led coalition operation that started late Monday in the central province of Ghazni and lasted several hours, they said. Mateen was a "key person" in the abduction of the group of Christian aid workers, two of whom were killed before the remainder were freed late last week, Ghazni police chief Alishah Ahmadzai said....
  • Afghan police say kill Taliban hostage-taker (Satan gets fork and knife ready)

    09/04/2007 7:21:04 AM PDT · by tobyhill · 1 replies · 393+ views
    yahoo ^ | 9/4/2007 | reuters
    KABUL (Reuters) - A senior Taliban commander involved in the abduction of 23 South Korean missionaries was among dozens of insurgents killed in clashes in southern Afghanistan overnight, police said on Tuesday. Ali Shah Ahmadzai, police chief of Ghazni province, said Taliban commander Mullah Mateen was among 22 insurgents killed in a clash in the province's Qarabagh district. "He was involved in the kidnapping. We have reconnaissance colleagues on the ground," Ahmadzai told Reuters by telephone from Ghazni. However the U.S. military said it was not yet clear whether any hostage-takers were among "several" insurgents killed in Qarabagh. It said...