Taliban commander Mohammad Ashan turns himself in for $100 reward

[RedCloud]

Source: Metro co uk news

Afghan officials and US soldiers were left perplexed after mid-level Taliban commander Ashan, wanted in connection with two roadside bomb attacks, handed himself over to Western-led authorities.

He was arrested after strolling towards a police checkpoint in the Sar Howza district of Paktika province with a wanted poster bearing his own face and demanding the $100 finder's fee.

After a biometric scan confirmed the insurgent's identity, Specialist Matthew Baker said: 'We asked him, "Is this you?" Mohammad Ashan answered with an incredible amount of enthusiasm, "Yes, yes, that's me! Can I get my award now?"'

Hundreds of 'be on the lookout' posters emblazoned with Ashan's face had been distributed in Paktika province


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[Daniel537]

1. Damn, times must be tough over there. n/t

[Journeyman]

2. Someone's in for a rude awakening when he learns the difference between "reward" and "award" . . .

[Vehl]

3. lol good one!

I couldn't stop laughing

[frylock]

4. OW!! that's my boating arm!

[iamthebandfanman]

5. while im sure thats a bit of money there

but..

youd think given the cost of the war as a whole, we could afford to offer a lil more in reward money

[bluedigger]

6. Supply and demand.

[DeSwiss]

7. 'Clearly,' another official added, 'the man is an imbecile.'

- Oh I don't know about that. I mean whose the one spending trillions of dollars that they don't have trying to catch "imbeciles?"

''Violence is the last refuge of the incompetent.'' ~Isaac Asimov

[Art_from_Ark]

8. That sounds like straight out of "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly"

[grantcart]

9. He then asked where he could get his free trip to the vacation resort at Gitmo, Cuba. He had heard

alot of good things about the beaches in Cuba.

[Tom Ripley]

10. Ironic terrorist

[bemildred]

11. Indeed.

I was trying to figure out if he was a fool or a smart ass.