ISAF captures IMU facilitator in northeastern Afghanistan
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The strike is the second in two days and targeted a compound in an area of North Waziristan known to serve as a nexus for al Qaeda, the Taliban, and other jihadist groups.
Jamil ur Rahman was killed just one week after ISAF captured a liaison to the Peshawar Shura who also served as a facilitator for the Taliban’s shadow governor in Nuristan.
The strike took place near Miramshah, the headquarters of the al Qaeda-linked Haqqani Network.
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The Taliban commander is linked to Dost Mohammed, the shadow governor of Nuristan, and has helped “foreign fighters and suicide bombers” conduct attacks in the Afghan north.
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A four-man suicide assault team struck the governor’s compound in Farah City.