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India-Pakistan
Former Taliban commander killed in Pakistan
2003-07-18
A former Taliban commander, Zainuddin Achakzai, has been gunned down by unknown people in the outskirts of southwestern city of Quetta, reports said Friday. According to police sources, Mulla Zainuddin was on his way to a mosque to perform his morning prayers when two men opened indiscriminate fire on him yesterday. He died on the spot and his assailants fled. Hospital sources said Zainuddin received eight bullet wounds.
That’ll do it.
Police said the murder could be the result of an old enmity. However, Murtaza Achakzai, Zainuddin’s younger brother, ruled out the possibility, saying his brother had no enmity with anyone.
Well, at least two people had enmity with him.
Zainuddin had been living with his family in Alakozai Colony in Pashtoonabad for the last 12 years.
Pashtoonabad? Who names these places, Bugs Bunny?
He was described as an important commander under the former Taliban regime. A case has been registered against unknown assailants and an investigation has been launched.
"We’ll get to it someday, we have quite a backlog."
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