Top Taliban Commander Killed

World | September 16, 2003, Tuesday // 00:00

A top commander of the former Taliban regime who allegedly led rebel fighters in southern Afghanistan was killed in a shooting with Afghan forces, officials said Tuesday. The commander, identified as Hafiz Abdul Rahim, was killed late Sunday in Kandahar province along with 14 other fighters. Afghan forces also captured a front-line Taliban commander, who was identified as Mullah Abdur Rahman, and took him to Kandahar, the provincial capital, for interrogation. The troops also seized assault rifles, rockets, heavy machine guns and hand grenades.

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