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/ 27 December 2006

Taliban confirm top commander killed by US

A Taliban commander confirmed on Wednesday that the rebels’ military chief in southern Afghanistan had been killed in a United States air strike on December 19, adding his death was a blow for the Islamist movement. The US military said last week Akhtar Mohammad Osmani, who had close links to Osama bin Laden, had been killed in an air strike.

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