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Time magazine interviewed a man who claimed he was called Mullah Rahmatullah and was a Taliban leader commanding about 10 men.[1]
The Long War Journal describes a man called Mullah Rahmatullah as a senior Taliban leader who controlled Taliban operations in Afghanistan from across the border in Pakistan.Template:Verify credibility[2]
In 2003 the Daily Times reported police in Kandahar were seen escorting in chains a man claiming that he was called Mullah Rahmatullah and had been paid to fight.[3]
The San Francisco Chronicle reported a man called Mullah Rahmatullah was captured in Kandahar in August 2008.[4] The paper reported that Afghan security official asserted that a Pakistani diplomat at Pakistan's consulate in Kandahar had been giving order and money to Rahmatullah.
Earthtimes reported that Mullah Rahmatullah and Mullah Keramatullah and approximately 50 other Taliban fighters were killed in combat in Wardak Province in April 2009.[5]
References
- ↑ Robert Densmore (2007). "How Fervent Is Taliban Support?". Time Magazine. Archived from the original on 2010-12-15. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.time.com%2Ftime%2Fworld%2Farticle%2F0%2C8599%2C1596851%2C00.html&date=2010-12-15. "In a separate interview, a clearly "harder" Taliban reverses Meerza's statistics. Mullah Rahmatullah says "95% are supporting [Mullah Omar, the fugitive founder of the Taliban]; 5% are soft Taliban and will not fight.""
- ↑ Bill Roggio (2010-10). "Senior Taliban commander based in Pakistan detained in Kandahar". Long War Journal. Archived from the original on 2010-12-15. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.longwarjournal.org%2Farchives%2F2010%2F10%2Fsenior_taliban_comma_4.php&date=2010-12-15. "Senior Taliban leaders Mullah Rahmatullah, Abdul Qayoum Zakir, Mullah Naim Barich, and Akhtar Mohammed Mansour have been publicly named by the US military as directing Afghan operations from Pakistan."
- ↑ "Daily Times - Leading News Resource of Pakistan - Afghan forces capture 20 Taliban". dailytimes.com.pk. http://www.dailytimes.com.pk/default.asp?page=story_4-8-2003_pg7_8. Retrieved 19 December 2010.
- ↑ Rahim Faiez (2008-08-07). "Pakistani diplomat's link to Taliban alleged August 07, 2008". San Francisco Chronicle. Archived from the original on 2010-12-15. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Farticles.sfgate.com%2F2008-08-07%2Fnews%2F17125416_1_inter-services-intelligence-militants-kandahar&date=2010-12-15. Retrieved 2010-10-. "Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security said an unnamed diplomat at the consulate in the southern Kandahar province gave orders and money to Mullah Rahmatullah, a Taliban militant in the region. Rahmatullah was captured by Afghan intelligence agents Tuesday in Kandahar city, and the information linking the official with the militants was gleaned during the questioning, the security agency said."
- ↑ "Taliban sustain heavy casualties near Kabul". Earthtimes. 2009-04-25. Archived from the original on 2010-12-15. http://www.webcitation.org/query?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.earthtimes.org%2Farticles%2Fnews%2F265912%2Cextra-afghan-govt-taliban-sustain-heavy-casualties-near-kabul.html&date=2010-12-15. "'Based on our intelligence information, so far around 50 Taliban militants have been killed and wounded during the operation which is still ongoing,' Shahid said, adding that two rebel commanders, Mullah Rahmatullah and Mullah Keramatullah, were among the dead."
