Remember the Taliban "We Wiped Out"?
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (Reuters) - Taliban guerrillas said on Saturday they were holding 30 policemen and a local official at an Afghan district headquarters and planned to put them on trial for supporting the U.S.-backed government.In other provinces, they're executing people. But according to Bush still, the Taliban are all gone.
A senior police officer in Kandahar province confirmed that the main government building in Mian Nishin, capital of the district of the same name, was under Taliban control after attacks on Thursday and Friday night.
Taliban commander Mullah Rahim, who led the attacks, telephoned Reuters and handed the phone to the senior police officer being held, the district police chief Nanai Khan.
"They are going to put me on trial, said a clearly nervous Khan, who has spoken to Reuters in the past.
Asked if any of the group had been killed, Khan initially replied: "Yes." But after a few seconds of silence on the line, he corrected himself and replied: "No, no."
Oh wait. There is that little issue about Mr. Bush and lying. Oops.
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