Taliban chief pledges to drive out foreign forces

Saturday, December 30, 2006

KABUL, Afghanistan -- Fugitive Taliban chief Mullah Omar pledged to drive foreign troops out of Afghanistan in a statement released Friday, as NATO and Afghan forces killed more than 12 of his fighters in the volatile south.

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