80 taliban surrender to Afghan forces

These taliban weren't willing to die for allah. Eighty taliban have laid down their weapons and accepted vowed to stop fighting against the Afghan government.

I'm not all that excited about the taliban receiving amnesty from the Afghan government. Someone should keep a close eye on these guys considering how US and British soldiers have been killed by taliban sympathizers. Live Leak

H/T: GM

Authorities in Afghanistan say 80 Taliban militants have laid down their weapons and joined the police force, accepting a governm More..ent amnesty aimed at ending an insurgency.

In a ceremony at police headquarters in the eastern city of Herat, the 80 men handed over their weapons and pledged to end their fight against the government.

The decision comes after president Hamid Karzai again offered an olive branch to Taliban fighters to reintegrate into Afghan society.

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7 taliban not to keen too die for allah and surrender

Seven taliban who were not to keen to die for allah have surrendered to authorities. But on the flip side 10 Afghanistan police have defected to the taliban. Not really surprising when you consider that an Afghan policeman has killed 5 British soldiers yesterday and another killed 2 American soldiers last month.

From Xinhuanet

"Seven Taliban militants laid down their arms and surrendered to authorities in Badghis's provincial capital Qalai Now on Tuesday," Sabiri told Xinhua.

He also added that 10 policemen on the same day Tuesday deserted from their post in Muqar district and joined the Taliban fighters.

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Chief of Taliban beheading squad captured

The Taliban Appears to be having an issue with fighting Pakistan's Military , they sure seem to be surrendering an awful lot lately !
And Sher Mohammad Qasab , I say they should find a rusty Dull Knife and let him Know what it is like to have your head cut off when your Alive !

Dawn.com
MINGORA: Sher Mohammad Qasab, one of 15 Taliban ‘commanders’ carrying a head money of Rs10 million, was captured in Swat on Wednesday, along with 16 other militants.


Thirty-seven terrorists laid down their arms in different areas of the valley. Qasab’s is the third high-profile arrest announced in five days.

According to the Swat media centre, security forces arrested 17 militants, including Mohammad Qasab and his son Adalat Khan, during a search operation in Gat Kandao area of Charbagh.



Qasab, who was injured in the operation, was presented before local people in Charbagh Bazaar. His other three sons, Zahid, Shah Wazir and Perwanat, had been killed in a clash with security forces a couple of days ago.

Qasab was wanted in various cases of terrorism, including attacks on government installations and beheading of security and police personnel.

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105 taliban terrorist scum surrender

These taliban terrorist scum aren't very eager to die in the name of allah. Xinhuanet

ISLAMABAD, Sept. 1 (Xinhua) -- At least 105 militants surrendered to the Pakistani security forces in the insurgency-hit Swat valley on Tuesday, a military commander said.

The militants, including 18 wanted and a Taliban council member, were produced at a news conference at Kanju, three kilometers of Mingora, the main city in Swat of North West Frontier Province.

Brig Salman Akbar, who is in charge of military operations, said that all those surrendered militants belonged to Kabal area of the Swat. He said a Taliban council member Abdul Jabar was among those surrendered.

It is the second time in less than 10 days that Taliban militants surrendered in groups to the security forces. Last week, a group of 65 suspected militants surrendered to the security forces.

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40 MILF surrender to Philippine army

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'taliban surrender only a matter of time'

Before we accept any surrender from the taliban we should make sure they are so demoralized that they won't want to fight anymore.

The Australian commander who led a daring mission into the heart of Taliban-controlled Afghanistan says insurgent forces are burning their bridges with local Afghanis and are becoming increasingly irrelevant in the country.

Lieutenant Colonel Stuart Yeaman returned home to Brisbane last night with a rare positive message from the war-torn nation, where six Australian soldiers have been killed since 2002.

Surrender by the Taliban, he says, is "only a matter of time".

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"Some of the locals we are working with in the area are saying that it's the safest their particular area has been in 30 years," Lieutenant Colonel Yeaman told brisbanetimes.com.au from Brisbane airport.

"In resorting to things such as IEDs (improvised explosive devices) and rocket attacks they are actually being very indiscriminate and some of those attacks are hurting the locals more than hurting us.

"We were at an IED site where it had been set off by a local and killed six locals, wounding five (others). As a result, the local population actually ran the Taliban out of town."

Lt Col Yeaman has just completed a six month deployment as the commander of Reconstruction Task Force 4, based out of Tarin Kowt in the province of Oruzgan in southern Afghanistan.

The task force includes units from the Enoggera-based 6th Battalion Royal Australian Regiment, 6th Engineer Support Regiment and 2/14th Light Horse Regiment as well as soldiers from the Sydney-based 3rd Battalion Royal Australian Regiment.

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Taliban Leader Surrenders

UPDATE: A couple of commenters made a good point that Mullah Rahim surrendered to Pakistan because they'll protect him. Very good point.

Mullah Rahim, the taliban leader for Helmand Province, surrendered to Pakistani forces because he was afraid of being killed by British special forces.
The top taliban leadership having doubts about the availability of 72 virgins in paradise? The Daily Mail

Good thing for him too because the British also informed that they kill another senior taliban leader right after Rahim surrendered.

The most senior Taliban commander in Afghanistan's wartorn Helmand province has given himself up because he feared being killed by British special forces.

The news will be a massive blow to insurgent forces.

Mullah Rahim surrendered to authorities in Pakistan, the Ministry of Defence said last night.

Rahim - thought to be one of the five main Taliban commanders - is reported to have handed himself in to Pakistani police near the border and is being held in the town of Quetta.

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The success of a Nato campaign directly targeting the Taliban leadership has led to hopes that a power vacuum at the top has weakened the group. Hours after Rahim turned himself in, British forces killed their third senior Taliban leader in little more than three weeks.

Top British commanders said Rahim's surrender was a massive breakthrough that would plunge militants in Helmand into disarray.

Forces spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Robin Matthews said last night: 'The Taliban's senior leadership structure has suffered a shattering blow.

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