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NATO, Afghan forces capture senior Taliban figure

NATO and Afghan forces say that they have captured a senior Taliban figure in an overnight raid.<br/><br/>A NATO statement, the man had recently been appointed the Taliban's finance chief in northern Baghlan province. He was captured in southern Helmand province along with two other suspected insurgents after a tip-off that he was staying in a compound in Nah-e Saraj district.<br/><br/>Meanwhile, NATO said one of its service members died yesterday following an insurgent attack in the south. The international military coalition did not provide the<br/>nationality of the deceased or any other details.<br/><br/>The death brings to at least 65 the number of foreign soldiers killed in Afghanistan this month.

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