A former inmate at the U.S. prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, who returned to Afghanistan and rejoined the Taliban as a commander was killed in a raid by Afghan security forces, officials said.
Maulvi Abdul Ghaffar died in a gun battle Saturday in Oruzgan province, Gov. Jan Mohammed Khan said. Khan said Ghaffar had been a Taliban commander in northern Afghanistan and was arrested two months after the U.S.-led coalition ousted the regime in late 2001. He was held for eight months in Cuba before being returned to Afghanistan, where he led Taliban fighters in Oruzgan.
