It's turning out to be a really bad week for the taliban. AP
KABUL (AP) — NATO killed a senior Taliban commander and nine other suspected militants in southern Afghanistan, while the coalition and its Afghan allies suffered an equal number of deaths in separate attacks in the same area, officials said Monday.
The violence highlighted the deadly insurgency raging in the south as the U.S. prepares to deploy thousands of additional troops to reverse Taliban gains in recent years.
Senior Taliban commander Maulawi Hassan and his associates were killed Saturday when troops attacked an isolated compound in the Kajaki area of southern Helmand province, NATO said in a statement, adding there were no civilians involved.
"Maulawi Hassan was a senior insurgent figure in northern Helmand, and his influence extended into western Oruzgan," the statement said.
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