Taliban leader held in Quetta

Published July 22, 2008

QUETTA, July 21: Law-enforcement personnel have arrested a suspected Taliban commander from a house in the city’s Kharotabad area.

Sources told Dawn on Monday that the arrested commander, Abdul Rahim, belonged to Hilmand province of Afghanistan and had come to Quetta a few days ago.

They said that security officials had arrested the man during a raid.—Staff Correspondent