Posted on 02/14/2005 2:21:50 AM PST by HAL9000
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan, Feb 14 (Reuters) - A commander of Taliban guerrillas in the southern Afghan province of Uruzgan was captured last week while trying to hide in a well and handed over to U.S. forces, the provincial governor said on Monday.Mullah Mohammad Naeem was captured by Afghan forces in the village of Sia Sang in Uruzgan's Deh Rawud district on Friday, Jan Mohammad Khan told Reuters.
"The raid was conducted on a house in Deh Rawud," he said. "The Taliban commander was hiding in a well."
Khan said Naeem was a senior Taliban commander in the province and had been planning attacks on U.S.-led forces.
He said Naeem was handed over to the Americans.
A spokesman for the 18,000-strong U.S.-led military force pursuing Taliban and allied Islamic militants said he would check the report but was not immediately able to confirm it.
Khan said Naeem was close to Mullah Brother, one of two top military aides to Taliban leader Mullah Mohammad Omar, and was responsible for many guerrilla attacks.
U.S.-led forces overthrew the Taliban in late 2001 after the Islamic fundamentalists refused to hand over al Qaeda leaders, including Osama bin Laden, responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks on the United States.
Both bin Laden and Mullah Omar remain at large despite an intensive three-year hunt.
Afghanistan has seen a decline in Taliban attacks since the guerrillas failed to make good their vow to disrupt presidential elections held last October, but the militants are still seen as a threat to more complex parliamentary polls due later this year.
This guy was all wet.
After his capture, Naeem was asked how he was doing. His response: "Not well."
Hal, thanks as always for the ping. You are doing a great service; one I would have the stomach for.
They should have back-filled the well with pig shit and then capped it with cement.
lol
Ding dong dell.
heh
...OLD MEDIA at work. Although true, it never states exactly how many have been caught. See terrorist scorecard. Do they every report that? No....
Hey, I think you're on to something there. When they do report the truth, it's because it supports their (negative) point of view.
The party of "No". Did Delay hit it on the head or what?
I hope it was wet and he caught cold.
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