Hellfire kills Iran backed Taliban commander

Bill Roggio:

The US military killed a senior Taliban commander with links to Iran's Qods Forces during an airstrike in western Afghanistan.

Mullah Mustafa and sixteen of his followers were killed in the western province of Ghor after be observers by intelligence assets, likely unmanned aerial vehicles, spotted his movement and

"Coalition forces observed Mustafa moving by vehicle from his compound. When he stopped in a remote area and was joined by multiple militants," a press release issued by the US military stated. "Determining no civilians would be endangered, forces used precision aerial munitions to strike the group, killing Mustafa and as many as 16 other associated militants." Mustafa reportedly met with a group of senior Taliban commanders prior to today's airstrike.

Mustafa commanded a group of 100 Taliban fighters and was based in the mountanous district of Shahrak and conducted attacks against both Afghan and Coalition forces in the west.

The US military said Mustafa had connections to Iran's Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps - Qods Force, the external special operations division that tasked with supporting the Khomeinist Islamist revolution.

Qods Force has secretly support Taliban elements and is a known backer of Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, the leader of the Hizb-e-Islami Gulbuddin faction and an ally of al Qaeda and the Taliban.

Hekmatyar is known to have sheltered in Iran and receives financial and military aid from the Qods Force. According to a Spanish military intelligence report from 2005, Hekmatyar had "total freedom" while openly living at a hotel in the Iranian capital of Tehran. Qods force provided for Hekmatyar's security while he "met daily with many unidentified individuals."


There continue to be reports of Iranian weapons being brought into Afghanistan by the enemy. If there is ever a discussion with Iran because of Obama's outreach, this support for the terrorist should be a topic of discussion. The outcome of the Iranian election this week may determine whether such talks have a chance of being fruitful. If Ahmadinejad is reelected then it is a waste of time.

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