led coalition or NATO. «They are saying that they have killed 200 Taliban but they did not kill even 10 Taliban,» said Mullah Dadullah, Taliban 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.» Dadullah spoke to The Associated Press in a satellite phone call from an undisclosed location. The reporter has spoken to him in the past and recognized 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,» Dadullah said. NATO reported Sunday that more than 200 Taliban fighters had died in the first two days of the joint NATO-Afghan operation in Panjwayi, a district near the southern city of Kandahar, and claimed it had disrupted the militia's command and control. The Afghan Defense Ministry reported 89 militants were killed and there were some civilian casualties. The casualty counts could not be independently verified as reporters could not access the area of the battle, which was continuing Monday. At least five Canadian soldiers have been killed in the fighting.
