Taliban commander says reports of death premature

[Eugene]

Source: Reuters

Taliban commander says reports of death premature
Fri Sep 14, 2007 10:15am EDT

By Saeed Ali Achakzai

SPIN BOLDAK, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Taliban
commander Mullah Brother told Reuters on Friday he
was "alive and well", more than two weeks after the
Afghan government announced he had been killed.

Brother served as a top military commander for the
Taliban government until it was driven from power in
2001, and is a member of the movement's leadership
council led by fugitive leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar.

The Afghan Defence Ministry said late last month
Brother was killed in ground fighting in Helmand
during a U.S.-led raid, launched after Taliban
insurgents ambushed an Afghan army convoy between
Sangin and Sarwan districts.

But, Brother said the report was part of America's
disinformation campaign.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSISL24583020070914

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