Taliban commander killed in Afghanistan

Mullah Nader was killed late Tuesday in the Darzab district of Jawzjan province during the two-hour clearing operation by the Nato-led International Security Assistance Force (ISAF) and Afghan soldiers, provincial police chief Mohamed Khalil Aminzada said. He said the commander was behind the killings of government officials in a nearby district four months ago. Ten officials of the Qoshtipa district were killed in an ambush by the Taliban.