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Taliban slams reports

KANDAHAR: The top Taliban military commander on Monday said NATO's claims to have killed more than 200 insurgents over the weekend were propaganda and warned that his men would target journalists who reported ``wrong information'' given by the U.S.-led coalition or NATO. ``They are saying that they have killed 200 Taliban but they did not kill even 10 Taliban,'' said Mullah Dadullah, military commander for south and southeastern Afghanistan. ``They are just destroying civilian homes and agricultural land. They are using the media to do propaganda against the Taliban.'' Mullah Dadullah spoke to AP from an undisclosed location. The reporter has spoken to him in the past and recognised his voice. ``From today, I want to tell journalists that if in future they use wrong information from coalition forces or NATO we will target those journalists and media,'' he said.

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