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Key Taliban Leader Is Killed in Afghanistan in Joint Operation MIL/NYT, May 14, 2007. Kandahar, Afghanistan, May 14, 2007 - The man who probably was the Taliban’s foremost operational commander, Mullah Dadullah, was killed in a joint operation by Afghan security forces, American forces and NATO troops in Helmand Province, Governor Asadullah Khaled of the neighboring Kandahar Province said on Sunday. Mullah Dadullah’s body was displayed for journalists on Sunday morning in this southern Afghan city. The NATO force in Afghanistan confirmed his death in a statement issued in Kabul, saying that American troops had led the operation. There were various reports of the actual circumstances and day of the death. Mullah Dadullah was one of the most wanted Taliban leaders, close to the leader Mullah Muhammad Omar, and with links to Al Qaeda, and was probably the most important operational commander. While the exact number of Taliban fighters or the command structure are not known, military officials say he organized fighters, weapons, supplies and finances across much of southern and southeastern Afghanistan, the centers of the Taliban insurgency. He had been sighted in various places in the last nine months to a year, apparently moving into and out of southern Afghanistan from Pakistan border regions. His death would cause a “significant blow to the Taliban’s command and control,” said Maj. Chris Belcher, an American military spokesman at Bagram Air Base, north of Kabul, the capital. He added that Mullah Dadullah “was a military leader, primarily in charge of the effort to recapture the city of Kandahar,” once the Taliban’s stronghold. The Taliban insurgency swelled in 2006 in an effort to deter NATO troops as they arrived to take over command of southern Afghanistan. Last year the Taliban made a strong effort to gain control of the city of Kandahar, or at least the surrounding area. This year fighting has centered on Helmand Province. Full story: http://www.nytimes.com/2007/05/14/world/asia/14afghan.html?th&emc=th
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