AFGHANISTAN - Dec 14 - Two Taliban Chiefs Arrested.The security forces arrest two Taliban Taliban or Taleban (tälēbän`, –lə–), Islamic fundamentalist militia in Afghanistan, originally consisting mainly of Sunni Pashtun religious students educated and trained in Pakistan. commanders, including the former personal security chief of Mullah Omar Noun 1. Mullah Omar - reclusive Afghanistani politician and leader of the Taliban who imposed a strict interpretation of shariah law on Afghanistan (born in 1960) Mullah Mohammed Omar , the fugitive Taliban chief. Toor Mullah mullah Muslim title applied to a scholar or religious leader, especially in the Middle East and the Indian subcontinent. It means “lord” and has also been used in North Africa as an honorific attached to the name of a king, sultan, or member of the nobility. Naqibullah and Mullah Qayum Angar were arrested in the southern province of Kandahar, former stronghold of the Taliban regime. Naqibullah was in charge of security for Omar's household and Qayum is believed to have worked as a Taliban commander in the region. |
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