-- Peshawar, Pakistan -- Security forces have killed a senior Taliban commander, Mullah Ismail, also known as Ahmad Shah, in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province bordering Afghanistan, officials said Saturday.*
Intelligence officials told Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa on condition of anonymity that Mullah Ismail was killed in a police shoot out in the Badhabher area about 10 kilometers from the provincial capital Peshawar.
'After kidnapping an Afghan businessman from Shamshato refugees' camp, the notorious Taliban commander was trying to escape to Pakistani tribal areas when he was intercepted by police in Baghwanano dheri near Peshawar,' the official said.
Notorious Taliban thug...
Has fondest wish granted... hey, Ahmad... say hi to Allah for us.
