Senior Taliban commander killed, Afghan military says
Last Updated: Thursday, August 30, 2007 | 6:37 AM ET
CBC News
A wanted senior Taliban commander has been killed in a U.S.-led air raid in the south of Afghanistan, the Afghan Defence Ministry said.
Mullah Brother was killed in the pre-dawn attack in Helmand province.
Brother served as a top military commander for the Taliban government until its removal from power in 2001.
He was also a member of the movement's leadership council, which is led by Mullah Mohammad Omar.
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