The man has been identified as Mullah Mahmud. He was described as an expert bomb maker.
His capture on March 6 in Kandahar Province came as NATO launched a major offensive in the neighboring province of Helmand against Taliban militants and drug traffickers.
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Posted March 7th, 2007 by Dinka
