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Another major Taliban operative captured in Pak

Updated on: 22 February,2010 12:22 PM IST  | 
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Netting another big catch, Pakistan's security agencies have captured a top Afghan Taliban leader following information provided by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Mullah Omar's second in command.

Another major Taliban operative captured in Pak

Netting another big catch, Pakistan's security agencies have captured a top Afghan Taliban leader following information provided by Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, Mullah Omar's second in command.


Mulvi Kabir, former Taliban governor in Afghanistan's Nangahar Province, and a key figure in the Taliban regime was recently captured in Pakistan, Fox News reported. The arrest is one of the few big catches after Baradar, who is Taliban's number two leader.


Considered to be among the top 10 most wanted Taliban leaders, Kabir was apprehended in Nawshera district of Pakistan's Northwest Frontier Province by Pakistani police forces in recent days, the Fox news said.


A senior US military official called it a significant detention, it said, adding that the arrest of Kabir is based on the intelligence gathered from Baradar. Besides Kabir, two other top Taliban leaders have been arrested in recent days.

Pakistani agencies arrested Mullah Salam of Afghanistan's Kunduz province and Mullah Mohammad, who reportedly controlled the Baghlan province recently.

The two are considered to be among the most important captures Pakistan has made in relation to the Taliban in Afghanistan since the war began in 2001.

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