A Taliban leader surrenders; 1 slain
A senior Taliban leader has surrendered to Pakistani authorities and another insurgent commander was killed by a British airstrike in southern Afghanistan, British officials announced.
British Defense Ministry spokesman Lt. Col. Robin Matthews said in London that Mullah Rahim, the most senior Taliban leader in Helmand province, turned himself in Saturday. Matthews gave no other details, and there was no confirmation from Pakistan.
Matthews also said a British missile strike just after midnight Sunday killed Abdul Rasaq, also known as Mullah Rahim, a Taliban commander in Helmand’s Musa Qala area.
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