Taliban commander surrenders with 60 comrades

October 10th, 2009 KABUL - Six Taliban militants, including a rebel commander, were killed in fighting with the security forces in Wardak province in Afghanistan, police said Saturday. The special forces backed by the international troops attacked a Taliban hideout in Chek district Friday, killing Mullah Yasin, a senior Taliban commander, along with his five associates, senior police officer General Abdul Razaq said.

September 29th, 2009 KABUL - A key Taliban commander was killed in Afghanistan's Kunduz province by policemen, police said Tuesday. "Policemen shot dead Taliban key commander Mullah Rashid in Kunduz province during an operation Monday evening," said the province's Inspector General of Police Abdul Razaq Yaqubi.

September 22nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistani security forces have nabbed a top commander of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Shura Nasim alias Abu Faraj from the Charbagh region in Swat. Sources said Faraj masterminded several suicide attacks which have rocked Pakistan in the recent past.

September 20th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Pakistani Taliban commander Sher Mohammad Qasab, who carried a Rs.10 million bounty and was arrested from the Swat Valley, has died, authorities said Sunday. Qasab was critically injured during the Swat operation and he succumbed to his injuries, Geo TV reported.

September 15th, 2009 KABUL - A Taliban commander Mullah Abdul Salam has surrendered to the authorities in Afghanistan's northwest Badghis province, a media report said Tuesday. "Mullah Abdul Salam along with one of his comrades surrendered to the government and handed over two pieces of weapons," daily 8 Subh reported.

August 24th, 2009 WANA - Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Baitullah Mehsud wants the Taliban council to choose their new head within THE next five days, according to commander Waliur Rehman. Talking to a foreign news agency, Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) South Waziristan Amir Waliur Rehman said, "We have thousands of suicide attackers, who can destroy their targets anywhere." Waliur Rehman added that Baitullah Mehsud is alive; but is seriously ailing.

August 24th, 2009 WANA - A commander of the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) Monday said his organisation will select a new chief in the next five days according to the instruction of their leader Baitullah Mehsud, a media report said. Waliur Rehman, commander of the group in South Waziristan, said: We have thousands of suicide attackers, who can destroy their (government) targets anywhere.

July 11th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - Up to 15 Taliban died and several were injured overnight in a US missile strike in Pakistan's tribal region and clashes with troops in the neighbouring south-western province of Balochistan, officials said Saturday. A US military drone fired two missiles late Friday on a Taliban communication centre in the South Waziristan tribal district, a stronghold of top militant commander Baitullah Mehsud.

July 3rd, 2009 LOWER DIR - Pakistani residents in the Hamza Banda area of Lower Dir district have ordered Taliban commander Mufti Aftab to leave the area immediately, a media report said Friday. The Taliban commander along with his eight aides had entered the area some days ago, the Online news agency said.

June 26th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - At least six militants, including a Taliban commander, were killed in two separate clashes in northwest Pakistan, Geo TV said Friday. The report said the security forces bombed two Taliban hideouts Thursday in the Chapri Feroz Khel and Atman Khel areas, killing at least six militants including a local Taliban commander.

June 24th, 2009 KABUL - Afghan troops killed 23 Taliban fighters in Uruzgan province, a senior military commander said Wednesday. "Acting upon intelligence report, Afghan troops backed by the US-led Coalition forces pounded Taliban militants in Chinartook area, killing 23 rebels including their commander Mullah Ismael Kuchi," commander of Afghan Corps in the region General Shir Mohammad Zazi told Xinhua.

June 11th, 2009 KABUL - A Taliban commander and more than a dozen suspected insurgents were killed in air strikes by coalition forces in Afghanistan's northwest Ghor province, a military statement said Wednesday. Mullah Mustafa, the Taliban commander who was involved in activities against the government and US-led forces in the province and neighbouring areas, was killed in the attack, the statement said.

May 2nd, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A senior Pakistani Taliban commander Saturday surrendered to the authorities in the country's tribal region, TV reports said. Security forces Saturday surrounded the house of Iftikhar Ahmed Khan, head of the Taliban in Khyber agency, and forced him to surrender, state-run PTV said citing officials.

April 27th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - A Taliban commander has been killed in the military offensive launched by Pakistan's security forces Sunday in a northwestern district, a media report said Monday. 'Maulana Shahid is confirmed to be killed in the military operation,' Dawn TV channel quoted Taliban sources as saying.

April 9th, 2009 ISLAMABAD - After establishing their writ over the Swat Valley, the Taliban is looking to take Islamabad under its grip. According to The Nation, a Taliban commander has warned that the outfit would take their war to the capital city to retaliate against the continuous US drone strikes against them.