The Afghan government buried the body of the killed top Taliban
commander Mullah Dadullah on Monday in the southern Kandahar
province, provincial governor Asadullah Khalid said.
The Taliban leadership had been calling the government to hand
over the body to Dadullah's family.
Khalid told reporters that the government had intended to
deliver Dadullah's body to his family, but his family did not
contact the government at all, so the government buried the
body.
Afghan officials said on Sunday that Dadullah was killed on
Saturday in the southern Helmand province and his body was carried
to neighboring Kandahar province, the birthplace of the Taliban
movement.
The Taliban confirmed Dadullah's death on Monday and said his
successor would be appointed soon.
Dadullah was a member of the Taliban's 10-man leadership council
before the US-led invasion in 2001, and was also a close aide to
Mullah Omar, the top Taliban leader.
The one-legged Dadullah was believed to be behind a series of
kidnappings of foreigners and Afghans recently and have ordered to
behead several innocent civilians.??
(Xinhua News Agency May 15, 2007)
