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Captured top Taliban commander dies of injuries | The fearsome militant commander, Sher Mohammad Qasab, who was arrested critically injured during Swat operation, has succumbed to his injuries. Swat
media centre said that the militant commander was nabbed in critically injured
condition four days ago from Charbagh area. Media centre said that Qasab on Sunday
succumbed to his injuries. He had confessed brutally murdering several citizens
and officials during the investigation and security forces had termed his arrest
a big success. The army had on Wednesday arrested Qasab, who is one of the most
senior Taliban commanders on a most wanted list in the Swat valley that offered
Rs10 million in reward money. "A team of army doctors was treating Sher Mohammad
Qasab but he could not survive," The Dawn quoted the statement, as saying. The
army had earlier said Qasab was injured and arrested in a military operation in
which three of his sons were killed and another captured. Qasab's capture was
the third high-profile arrest since the government announced the arrest of Swat
Taliban spokesman Muslim Khan and Mahmood Khan, a northern commander. The military
said Qasab was the Taliban commander in Charbagh, in the heart of the mountainous
northwest district where Pakistan launched its most determined assault till now
against Islamist militants in May. |
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