"The two Afghan officials said that American commanders had since told them that they had had information that Mullah Omar and one of his top commanders, Mullah Bradar, were in the village of Kakrak, which lies less than five miles from Mr. Rahim's base in Deh Rawud.

How outrageous. Our forces suspect that Taliban leader Mullah Omar is hiding out in a village so what do we do? Do we run some kind of surveillance, verify that he is there? Do we detain anyone, ask anyone questions? No. We obliterate the village and 48 of its residents. Outrageous.

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