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PESHAWAR: A senior Taliban commander has been killed in a clash with security forces in Pakistan's Swat valley, where the military claims to have quelled an uprising, officials said Monday.
Mohammad Alam Binouri, who had a 10-million-rupee (175,000-dollar) reward on his head, was killed with another militant in the gun battle in the town of Madyan in the mountainous northwestern region late Sunday, local police officer Islam Jan said.
Army and paramilitary soldiers acting on a tip-off surrounded a house in the town, but the men resisted and Binouri was killed in an exchange of fire, a military official speaking on condition of anonymity told AFP.
The bodies of the insurgents were placed in the main bazaar of Madyan, where the residents identified the pair, said the police officer, Jan. He said Binouri was a close aide of fugitive Swat Taliban commander Maulana Fazlullah.
Binouri was killed along with fellow-commander Shankoo Mullah, while three other wounded militants were captured alive, the military official said.
The bodies were taken to Swat's main town Mingora, where the wounded insurgents are being interrogated.
Fazlullah, who has a 50-million-rupee bounty on his head, remains at large.
DAWN.COM | Pakistan | Senior Taliban commander killed in clashes
Mohammad Alam Binouri, who had a 10-million-rupee (175,000-dollar) reward on his head, was killed with another militant in the gun battle in the town of Madyan in the mountainous northwestern region late Sunday, local police officer Islam Jan said.
Army and paramilitary soldiers acting on a tip-off surrounded a house in the town, but the men resisted and Binouri was killed in an exchange of fire, a military official speaking on condition of anonymity told AFP.
The bodies of the insurgents were placed in the main bazaar of Madyan, where the residents identified the pair, said the police officer, Jan. He said Binouri was a close aide of fugitive Swat Taliban commander Maulana Fazlullah.
Binouri was killed along with fellow-commander Shankoo Mullah, while three other wounded militants were captured alive, the military official said.
The bodies were taken to Swat's main town Mingora, where the wounded insurgents are being interrogated.
Fazlullah, who has a 50-million-rupee bounty on his head, remains at large.
DAWN.COM | Pakistan | Senior Taliban commander killed in clashes
