06/26/10
From News.com.au (Aussies again, mate)
Taliban Leader Killed In Women's Clothes
A SENIOR Taliban commander disguised in women's clothes was killed by Afghan and international forces when he fired on troops trying to catch him south of Kabul. NATO and Afghan security forces cornered Ghulam Sakhi at a compound in Logar province's Puli Alam district, and called for women and children to leave the building, a coalition statement said. "As they were exiting, Sakhi came out with the group disguised in women's attire and pulled out a pistol and a grenade and shot at the security force," the statement by NATO's International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) said. "When Afghan and coalition forces shot him, he dropped the grenade and it detonated, wounding a woman and two children," it said. Sakhi was known by several aliases and was involved in attacks on Afghan and foreign forces using improvised explosive devices (IEDs), the main Taliban weapon in the war. He had also been involved in the kidnap and killing of a security chief in Logar province, ISAF said. After the shooting, the building was searched, and Sakhi's deputy commander was found, dressed in a ballet tutu, handcuffed to a bed alongside a sheep. Both the deputy and the sheep seemed grateful to see the security forces.
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