MEDIA FREAKOUT:-- "Afghan peace in tatters as Taliban seize district"
The reporting fails to mention... the peace ain't the only thing that's "in tatters."
NEWSFLASH: Seems the local Tali-boss is gonna be seeing Allah a little sooner than he thought...
NATO has not released the name of the Taliban leader, but Mohammed Wali, a resident of Musa Qala, said the strike killed Mullah Abdul Gafoor and some of his associates while they were riding in a truck through a small village near Musa Qala.Yeeeeowww... that's gonna leave a mark.
On Saturday another resident, Lal Mohammad, told The Associated Press that the Musa Qala militants were being led by Gafoor. He was the Taliban's militia corps commander in western Afghanistan before the Taliban was ousted from power.
UPDATE: A Taliban reconstruction project
The Taliban's version of reconstruction in Sangin turned out to be a rotor salvaged from a helicopter crash, inscribed with lettering in English.
They had placed the lightweight blade across a creek, and invited children to stroll across the makeshift bridge for the benefit of the camera.
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