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Top Taliban commander killed

The Taliban's most prominent military commander, Mullah Dadullah, was killed in fighting in southern Afghanistan, officials said on Sunday.

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  • Published: 00:00 May 13, 2007
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  • Taliban military commander Mullah Dadullah has been killed in a clash in Afghanistan, security officials said on Sunday.
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Kandahar, Afghanistan: The Taliban's most prominent military commander was killed in fighting in southern Afghanistan, officials said on Sunday.

Mullah Dadullah was killed on Saturday in the southern province of Helmand, said Said Ansari, the spokesman for Afghanistan's intelligence service. A government official in Kandahar province who spoke on condition of anonymity said he had seen Dadullah's body.

A second intelligence service official said Dadullah was killed near Helmand's Sangin and Nahri Sarraj districts, which have seen heavy fighting involving British and Afghan troops and US Special Forces. The official was not authorised to give his name.

NATO's International Security Assistance Force did not confirm the death but hinted that it was true. "You might want to keep pursuing it. It certainly is an issue that we're tracking," said spokesman Major John Thomas.

Dadullah would be one of the highest-ranking Taliban leaders to be killed since the fall of the hard-line regime following the US-led invasion in 2001, and his death would represent a major victory for the Afghan government and US and NATO troops.

He is considered one of Taliban leader Mullah Omar's top lieutenants in southern Afghanistan.

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