Taliban rebel leader killed in Afghanistan
A suspected Taliban rebel leader was killed in recent heavy fighting in eastern Afghanistan, while elsewhere an American service member died in a training accident, the US military said today.
Qari Amadullah, believed to have led up to 50 Taliban militants armed with rockets and rocket-propelled grenades, died in a firefight on Tuesday with Afghan and US forces near the city of Wazikwa in Paktika province, the military said in a statement.
