Taliban chief dressed as woman shot
Updated on 29 November 2008
US-led coalition troops killed a Taliban commander dressed as a woman during a raid in southern Afghanistan, the military said.
Soldiers killed four Taliban fighters in Friday's operation, including the Taliban commander named Haji Yakub who was dressed as a woman to evade capture, the US military said.
Yakub directed roadside bomb and suicide attacks against Afghanistan's government and coalition forces in Ghazni province, according to the US statement.
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