- Mullah Kabir
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The former Deputy Prime Minister of the Taliban in Afghanistan, Mullah Kabir later commanded insurgent forces in resisting the 2001 Invasion of Afghanistan in Nangarhar.[1]
In April 2002 Abdul Razzak told the Associated Press Kabir was believed to have fled Nangarhar to Paktia, along with Ahmed Khadr[2]
Kabir was captured in Pakistan in February 2010 due to intelligence gleaned from Mullah Baradar, himself recently taken into custody.[3]
References
- ^ Islam Online- News Section[dead link]
- ^ Kathy Gannon (2002-04-28). "Dangerous feuds threaten Afghan war". Associated Press. Archived from the original on 2010-11-03. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Famarillo.com%2Fstories%2F2002%2F04%2F28%2Fusn_dangerous.shtml&date=2010-11-03. "Abdul Razzak, a former loyalist of dissident Afghan leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, told The Associated Press he met Abdul Kabir, the former governor of Nangarhar province and the No. 3 man in the Taliban, just two weeks ago in Paktia province. Razzak also said Saeed Al Khadr, an Egyptian Canadian and one of the 20 most-wanted al-Qaida members, is in Paktia after fleeing Nangarhar with Kabir. Khadr was implicated in the suicide bombing of the Egyptian Embassy in Pakistan in the 1990s that killed 17 people."
- ^ "Major Taliban Operative Captured in Pakistan". Fox News. 2010-02-21. Archived from the original on 2010-11-03. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.foxnews.com%2Fstory%2F0%2C2933%2C587089%2C00.html&date=2010-11-03. Retrieved 2010-02-21. "Mulvi Kabir, the former Taliban governor in Afghanistan's Nangahar Province, and a key figure in the Taliban regime was recently captured in Pakistan, two senior U.S. officials tell Fox News. Kabir, considered to be among the top ten most wanted Taliban leaders, was apprehended in the Naw Shera district of Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province by Pakistani police forces in recent days."
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