Taliban second in command captured
US officials tell Al Jazeera that Taliban’s second-in-command was captured in Karachi.
Published On 17 Feb 2010
A man believed to be the Taliban’s second-most important leader, and a trusted friend of Taliban leader Mullah Omar has been captured, US officials have told Al Jazeera.
He was reportedly seized in a joint operation between Pakistani and US intelligence agencies last week in the Pakistani city of Karachi.
Al Jazeera’s Zeina Khodr reports.
Source: Al Jazeera