Reports of His Death Confirmed

Last month, there had been reports circulating that Taliban commander Mullah Dadullah was among the more than 200 Taliban surrounded by Afghan forces. Well, news of his death has been confirmed by NATO officials after fighting with US led forces on Saturday:

A U.S.-led coalition operation supported by NATO troops killed the Taliban's most prominent military commander, dealing the insurgency a ''serious blow,'' a NATO statement said Sunday, confirming Afghan reports of Mullah Dadullah's death.

Dadullah, a Taliban commander who trained suicide bombers, was killed after he left his ''sanctuary'' in southern Afghanistan, according to a statement from NATO's International Security Assistance Force. It said the Afghan forces assisted in the operation.

''Mullah Dadullah Lang will most certainly be replaced in time, but the insurgency has received a serious blow,'' it said.

Dadullah is one of the highest-ranking Taliban leaders to be killed since the fall of the hardline regime following the U.S.-led invasion in 2001, and his death represents a major victory for the Afghan government and U.S. and NATO troops.

Dadullah, a top lieutenant of Taliban leader Mullah Omar, was killed Saturday in the southern province of Helmand, said Said Ansari, the spokesman for Afghanistan's intelligence service.

UPDATE:
Looks like Dadullah is going to have company around the bonfires in hell tonite. 55 other Taliban were given one-way tickets. One Afghan policeman was killed in the operations.