And in other news...Taliban Commander Is CapturedPESHAWAR, Pakistan — A senior Taliban commander was wounded and arrested by Pakistani forces as he tried to slip across the Afghan border into Pakistan with a small band of men, the Pakistani military spokesman’s office said Monday.
The commander, Mansoor Dadullah, is the brother of one of the Taliban’s most prominent and brutal operational leaders, Mullah Dadullah, who was killed last year. Mansoor Dadullah is not of the same stature within the Taliban.
The state news agency, The Associated Press of Pakistan, said Mr. Dadullah was critically wounded in an exchange of fire with a unit of the Frontier Corps, a paramilitary force deployed along the Afghan border. The incident may indicate greater vigilance by such border units.
His capture may be more of a propaganda blow to the Taliban than a practical one. In December, the Taliban announced through a spokesman that Mr. Dadullah had been removed from his post of commander of the south because he had been ignoring the rules and regulations of the movement. Mr. Dadullah denied he had been removed at the time.
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