ISLAMABAD, Oct 5: Pakistani interrogators on Wednesday were questioning the shadowy chief spokesman of Afghanistan’s Taliban militia a day after his arrest, officials said.

Security forces seized Abdul Latif Hakimi, who often spoke to international media to claim responsibility for attacks on US and Afghan forces, in a raid on a house in Quetta on Tuesday.

“We are questioning him to find about his contacts and where he got his information from,” a senior security official told AFP, speaking on condition of anonymity because he was not authorised to discuss the arrest.

The official said “communication intercepts” had led to the arrest of the Taliban mouthpiece, who used a mixture of satellite phones and Afghan and Pakistani cellphones to talk to reporters.—AFP