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“Unconfirmed Report: ‘Jalaluddin Haqqani died of Hepatitis’”
Fri, 15/06/2007 - 00:58 — matt
Source: Afgha.com
ARTICLE SNIPPET: “An unconfirmed report by Bakhtar News Agency has surfaced indicating legendary Mujahideen commander and Taliban era Minister Jalaluddin Haqqani has died. According to a source that refused to be named, Haqqani ‘had Hepatitis problems and died very recently.’
So far there has been no official proclamation of his death from his sons Sirajuddin and Nasiruddin or the Taliban in Afghanistan. The report must be treated as pure speculation until further information is available.
If confirmed, Haqqani’s death mimic the detrimental blow the Taliban suffered on May 13 when top Taliban general Mullah Dadullah was gunned down by US forces.”
Note: The following text is a quote:
http://www.defenselink.mil/news/newsarticle.aspx?id=46507
Coalition Forces in Afghanistan Kill Enemy Fighters
American Forces Press Service
WASHINGTON, June 22, 2007 – Afghan and coalition forces killed several enemy fighters yesterday during operations in Afghanistan, military officials reported.
First, the troops engaged and killed several enemy fighters on a ridgeline near the village of Horax in the Shah Wali Kot district of Kandahar province. Three hours later, enemy forces made contact with the same combined Afghan and coalition patrol near the village. More enemy fighters were killed in the ensuing firefight, officials said.
Elsewhere in the Shah Wali Kot district, enemy fighters in pickup trucks and motorcycles ambushed a combined Afghan and coalition patrol near the village of Syalrzamin. The combined forces engaged the attackers, killing a number of fighters and destroying two motorcycles.
No civilians were hurt in any of the three engagements, officials said.
“Taliban fighters are no match for Afghan national security and coalition forces,” said Army Maj. Chris Belcher, a Combined Joint Task Force 82 spokesman. “We will intensify our operations to rid Afghanistan of all Taliban fighters’ who harm innocent Afghan civilians and threaten the government of Afghanistan.”
(From a Combined Joint Task Force 82 news release.)