Mullah Rahmatullah is a Taliban leader who commands about 10 men. The Long War Journal describes Mullah Rahmatullah as a senior Taliban leader who controlled Taliban operations in Afghanistan from Chaman, across the border in Pakistan. The San Francisco Chronicle reported Mullah Rahmatullah was captured in Kandahar in August 2008. The paper reported that Afghan security official asserted that a Pakistani diplomat at Pakistan's consulate in Kandahar had been giving order and money to Rahmatullah. Earthtimes reports that Mullah Rahmatullah and Mullah Keramatullah and approximately 50 other Taliban fighters were killed in combat in Wardak Province in April 2009.
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