name: 8
text: 2012-10-S-003
  For Immediate Release
   
   
  KABUL, Afghanistan (Oct. 2, 2012)
  The second in command to the Taliban leadership in Shindand district, Herat province was removed from the battlefield by a coalition air strike Sunday. The Taliban key leader, Mullah Mansur, is believed to have commanded an IED cell and having been actively involved in coordinating ambush attacks on Afghan National Security Forces in the province, in addition to moving IED and narcotics. Mullah Mansur was also suspected of recruiting young males into the insurgency.