KABUL, Afghanistan  A senior Taliban leader responsible for numerous roadside bombings and suicide attacks against NATO forces has been killed along with nine other insurgent fighters, NATO said Monday.

Maulawi Hassan, described as a well-known Taliban commander in southern Afghanistan, was killed Saturday in an attack on his compound near Kajaki, in Helmand Province, according to a NATO statement.

“He became known for his insurgent activities in the autumn of 2008 and was heavily involved in several illegal activities,” the statement said, noting that there had been no civilian casualties in the attack. The statement said Mr. Hassan had reported directly to Mullah Rahmatullah, the Taliban commander who directs insurgency efforts from outside Afghanistan.

The police chief of Helmand Province, Assadullah Shirzad, said the killing of Mr. Hassan and his men was “an important achievement for Afghan and NATO forces in Helmand, and a real blow to the Taliban.”