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Diggers Assassinate Taliban Leader Mullah Karim – Mark Dodd, The Australian.

Australian special forces have killed a senior Afghan Taliban leader, Mullah Karim, an officially sanctioned assassination designed to rid Oruzgan province of hardcore militants. The operation took place on Monday August 10 but was only announced today by Chief of Joint Operations, Lieutenant-General Mark Evans.

Karim’s death brings the number of senior insurgent leaders killed in top secret operations targeting Taliban militants responsible for attacks on coalition soldiers to more than half a dozen. “Mullah Karim was killed during an operation directed against the insurgent network of improvised explosive device operators in Oruzgan province,” General Evans said.

In keeping with past targeted killings, few details were released although it’s understood from defence sources that personnel from the elite Special Operations Task Group (SOTG), which includes members of the Special Air Service Regiment, were responsible…

More at The Australian.