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Pak forces capture 2 key Taliban commanders in Noshehra

Posted by on Feb 16th, 2010 and filed under FEATURED NEWS, SOUTH ASIA. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0. Both comments and pings are currently closed.

NOSHEHRA: The security forces and police have claimed rounding up two key Taliban commanders during a joint search operation launched early on Tuesday morning here in Gadon locality of Noshehra.

Government announced 10 million rupees as the head money of each arrested terrorist commander.

According to sources, the search operation was commenced upon the secret intelligence regarding Taliban commanders’ presence in the area; meanwhile, the apprehended commanders were identified as Mufti Fakhar-e-Alam and Alam Banuri.

Two Taliban leaders belonged to a defunct outfit namely Tehreek-e-Taliban Swat and were among top associates of Molana Fazlullah, source told media.

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