Abdul Bari (Taliban commander, Helmand) explained

Mullah Abdul Bari was alleged to be a Taliban commander.[1] [2] He is reported to have been killed with 29 other fighters. However, Abdul-Bari survived and in fact was imprisoned in Pakistan from 2008-13. He was released in 2013 after a galling stint and promoted to command the Helmand military front. The released Abdul-Bari was at the time confused with another Abdul-Bari Agha, who had been governor during the 1990s. Source: https://www.thedailybeast.com/freed-taliban-prisoners-in-pakistan-and-afghanistan-return-to-jihad)

Mullah Noormal, a Taliban commander involved in the Taliban's successful capture of Musa Qala, told Asia Times that Abdul Bari was in overall command of the attack.[3]

Another Taliban commander named Mullah Abdul Bari was reported killed in Uruzgan Province on April 1, 2009.[4]

Notes and References

  1. News: Thirty Taliban killed in joint strikes . 2008-02-21 . . 2009-11-16 .
  2. News: Taliban field commander killed in Helmand province . 2008-02-21 . Bill Roggio . Bill Roggio . . https://web.archive.org/web/20080708201136/http://www.longwarjournal.org/archives/2008/02/taliban_field_comman.php . 2008-07-08 . dead .
  3. News: British 'success' under siege in Afghanistan . 2007-12-15 . Syed Saleem Shahzad . Syed Saleem Shahzad . . https://web.archive.org/web/20080808141515/http://www.atimes.com/atimes/South_Asia/IL15Df03.html . 2008-08-08 . unfit .
  4. News: Australian soldiers kill IED expert Mullah Abdul Bari . 2009-04-01 . . https://web.archive.org/web/20090402011942/http://www.news.com.au/story/0,27574,25274399-2,00.html . 2009-04-02 . 2009-11-16 . dead .

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