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Top Taliban Commander Is Killed

Mullah Dadullah ordered bombings, assassinations, kidnappings, beheadings

By Caroline Miller,  Newser Staff

Posted May 13, 2007 2:21 PM CDT
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(Newser) – The Taliban's top military commander was killed in Southern Afghanistan, and his body  displayed, covered by a pink sheet, in Kandahar today. An amputee whose body was recognizable in part by a missing leg, Mullah Dadullah was killed in a joint operation by Afghan security forces and American and NATO troops.

“Tell your honorable people, and journalists, to live in peace now—the people have now been rescued from the cruelty of this wild butcher,”  said Asadullah Khaled, the governor of Kandahar. Mullaah Dadulla is thought to be responsible for many assassinations, kidnappings, beheadings, and suicide bombings, in addition to organizing fighters and obtaining weapons.

The dead body of Mullah Dadullah, the Taliban's most prominent military commander, is seen in Kandahar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 13, 2007. Dadullah was killed Saturday in fighting with Afghan and Western troops in southern Afghanistan, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)
The dead body of Mullah Dadullah, the Taliban's most prominent military commander, is seen in Kandahar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 13, 2007. Dadullah was killed Saturday in fighting...   (Associated Press)
This video frame of an interview broadcast and released by SkyTG24 on Thursday, March 29, 2007 shows the man who SkyTG24 identified as Taliban commander Mullah Dadullah speaking from an undisclosed location. Dadullah, the Taliban's most prominent military commander was killed in fighting in southern Afghanistan with Afghan and Western...
This video frame of an interview broadcast and released by SkyTG24 on Thursday, March 29, 2007 shows the man who SkyTG24 identified as Taliban commander Mullah Dadullah speaking from an undisclosed location....   (Associated Press)
The dead body of Mullah Dadullah, the Taliban's most prominent military commander, is seen in Kandahar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 13, 2007. Dadullah was killed Saturday in fighting with Afghan and Western troops in southern Afghanistan, officials said Sunday. (AP Photo/Allauddin Khan)
The dead body of Mullah Dadullah, the Taliban's most prominent military commander, is seen in Kandahar province, south of Kabul, Afghanistan, Sunday, May 13, 2007. Dadullah was killed Saturday in fighting...   (Associated Press)
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