(Ahlul Bayt News Agency) - A known Afghan Taliban commander, namely Arab, was killed in a joint Afghan and NATO-led Coalition forces operation in country's Kandahar province on Tuesday, the provincial government said on Wednesday.
"Based in accurate intelligence reports, a joint unit of Afghan and NATO-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) forces carried out an operation on Tuesday afternoon in Zhari district to capture a known Taliban commander namely Arab," the local government said in a press release Wednesday morning, Xinhua reported.
A gunfight broke out as troops arrived in a compound in Pashmol area of the district, resultantly Arab and three of his men were killed in the province with Kandahar city as its capital, some 450 km south of capital city of Kabul, the release reads.
Arab was responsible for organizing attacks on security forces in Zhari district and surrounding areas besides terrorizing local people in the area, it added.
Currently around 130,000 NATO troops with majority of them Americans have been stationed in Afghanistan.
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13 December 2011 - 20:30
News ID: 283920
A known Afghan Taliban commander, namely Arab, was killed in a joint Afghan and NATO-led Coalition forces operation in country's Kandahar province on Tuesday, the provincial government said on Wednesday.
