Burqa - Clad Taliban Leader Caught as NATO Attacks

Posted by Robert on March 7, 2007 8:23 AM

Don't tell them in [1] Grand Rapids.

From [2] Reuters, with thanks to Sr. Soph:

KABUL (Reuters) - Afghan soldiers have captured a Taliban leader who tried to flee a security operation in the south dressed in a burqa, NATO said on Wednesday.

Tuesday's capture in Kandahar province came as NATO launched a major offensive in neighboring Helmand to secure a key hydroelectric dam and combat the opium trade.

The man was named as Mullah Mahmood and described as an expert bomb-maker. U.S.-led coalition forces also detained five more suspected militants in eastern Khost this week.


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