Abdul Zahir (Taliban leader)

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There are multiple individuals named Abdul Zahir.

An individual named Mullah Abdul Zahir was identified as a Taliban group leader, who was killed in an aerial bombardment.[1] American intelligence officials asserted that a precision missile had hit a vehicle carrying Mullah Akhtar Mohammad Osmani in mid-December 2006. A Taliban spokesman named Qari Yousef Ahmadi asserted that the airstrike in fact killed Abdul Zahir, and three other fighters.

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  1. ^ "Forensic analysis confirms identity of slain Taliban leader", Daily Times (Pakistan), Monday, December 25, 2006. Retrieved on 2008-02-03. 

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