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Taliban Commander Killed Wearing a Burqa

Nov 29 at 11:11am by David Tate

Coalition forces looking for a Taliban commander in Ghazni Province are attacked by a burqa-clad “woman” who turns out to be their intended target.

The coalition reports Haji Yakub, the leader of a bomb-making ring that also facilitated foreign fighters into Qaragbagh district, was among a group of woman who were being questioned during a cordon and search operation.

Earlier as coalition forces approached Yakub’s suspected hideout, two men engaged the force with small arms and were ultimately killed.

With the compound surrounded, those left inside were ordered to surrender and leave the building peacefully.  Six women and twelve children soon emerged.

As troops began to question the women, one of them tried to engage the force and was killed on the spot.  The “woman” was later identified as Yakub.