Afghan soldiers caught a senior Taliban commander at a checkpoint who was wearing a burqa, while NATO forces on Wednesday fought Taliban militants in the second day of the alliance's largest-ever offensive in Afghanistan.
Mullah Mahmood, who is accused of helping the Taliban detonate homicide bombs, was caught Tuesday in Kandahar province while wearing the all-encompassing Islamic veil worn here by women, NATO said.
This makes for yet another high profile Taliban leader nabbed in the last several weeks. It would appear that the earlier captures of top Taliban leaders have yielded results, as has apparently VP Cheney's visit to Pakistan to put pressure on Pakistani leader Musharaf to take the fight to the Taliban and al Qaeda elements along the Afghan-Pakistani border
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