Mistake over 'captured Taleban'

[Eugene]

Source: BBC News

Last Updated: Tuesday, 11 December 2007, 17:14 GMT

Mistake over 'captured Taleban'

The Afghan government says it was wrong to have claimed
to have captured two senior Taleban commanders during
fighting for the town of Musa Qala.

On Sunday the defence ministry said it had captured
Mullah Matin and Mullah Rahim, both well-known Taleban
commanders in Helmand province.

But now the ministry says that it was a case of mistaken
identity.

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Afghan forces - with British and American support - say
they have now secured the centre of Musa Qala after going
through it street by street.

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Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7138568.stm

[TomInTib]

1. Maybe they were carrying fake California Drivers Licenses.

You know, the ones they bought in San Diego after crossing illegally at Tijuana.

But seriously, how do they make such grievous ID mistakes on such central figures?

Sheer incompetence.