The versatile burqa—it’s a political statement, a tool to keep women suppressed, and a disguise for fleeing terrorists!

Burqa-clad Taliban leader caught as NATO attacks. (Hat tip: LGF readers.)

KABUL, March 7 (Reuters) - Afghan soldiers have captured a Taliban leader who tried to flee a security operation in the south dressed in a burqa, NATO said on Wednesday.

Tuesday’s capture in Kandahar province came as NATO launched a major offensive in neighbouring Helmand to secure a key hydroelectric dam and combat the opium trade.

The man was named as Mullah Mahmood and described as an expert bomb-maker. U.S.-led coalition forces also detained five more suspected militants in eastern Khost this week.