Pakistani Security Forces claim to have made the most significant arrest since 2001 in their bid to round up the leaders of the Taliban regime in Afghanistan... Mullah Obaidullah Akhund, who served as defence minister and senior aide to supreme leader Mullah Omar, was captured on Monday, officials said... A Taliban spokesman dismissed the claims as "rumour"... However, intelligence officers say Akhund was arrested with four other suspects in a raid on a home in Quetta, southwest Pakistan, on Monday...
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Pakistan 'arrests former Taliban minister'
This is wonderful news if it holds to be true. Hopefully we will have the answers before the day is out...
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11:45am CST: Guardian.co.uk has this take...
... Mr. Musharraf is finding it increasingly difficult to balance the demands of his allies with sensitive domestic constraints. The Cheney visit involved some tough talking said a source familiar with the conversation... Mr. Cheney pressed Gen. Musharraf to be more forceful in Waziristan, the lawless tribal area where the US believes al-Qaida is regrouping. The general rejected the demand, saying that a militaristic approach to the tribal areas had failed in the past and could spark a civil war in the future... Hours later, after Mr. Cheney had left for Afghanistan, Mullah Akhund was captured. On Wednesday Gen Musharraf warned foreign "terrorists" to quit the mountainous tribal areas. "They should leave or they will be dealt with," he said...
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Senior Taliban leader arrested in Pakistan
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