Suspected Taliban Commander Captured in Afghanistan
VOA News 24 December 2009
NATO says a suspected Taliban commander, wanted for a series of recent assassinations, has been captured during an operation with Afghan forces in Kandahar.
Officials say the suspected commander and several other militants were taken into custody after forces learned they were hiding at a compound south of Kandahar City.
Meanwhile, Canada's Defense Ministry says one of its soldiers was killed by a roadside bomb in Kandahar's Panjwali district Wednesday.
Officials say the soldier was taking part in a patrol with Afghan forces at the time.
And Afghan officials say two civilians were killed when their vehicle hit a roadside bomb in Paktika province in southeastern Afghanistan.
Some information for this report was provided by Reuters.
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