Taliban Commander Reported Killed

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Washington Times
April 19, 2008
Pg. 5
Pakistan

PESHAWAR — A Taliban commander blamed for the deadliest attack on U.S. troops since they entered Afghanistan in 2001 has been killed in a shootout with security forces in Pakistan, American and Pakistani officials said.
Police killed Ahmad Shah, also known as Mullah Ismail, at a roadblock near the northwestern city of Peshawar. U.S. and Afghan officials have described Shah as the leader of Taliban militants who ambushed a group of U.S. commandos in June 2005 and shot down a Chinook helicopter sent to rescue them. Sixteen American Special Forces members died on the helicopter.
The commander's death was first reported by CBS News on Wednesday.
 
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