Taliban leader dies in clash

Published October 7, 2003

SPIN BOLDAK, Oct 6: A close aid to supreme Taliban leader Mulla Omar has been killed in a clash in south Afghanistan, an Afghan official said on Monday, the second major blow to the hardline Islamic movement in under a month.

News of the death of Mulla Abdul Razzaq Nafees, a member of the 10-strong Taliban Shura (council) formed in June, came just days after the Taliban confirmed that Mulla Abdur Rahim, its top military commander in southern Afghanistan, had been killed.—Reuters

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