(Reuters) - Afghan authorities have arrested an important Taliban commander in the southern border town of Spinboldak. Mullah Rehmatullah, who was commander of the Tangi area in Takhta Pul district, 50 km south of Kandahar, was arrested on Sunday in a raid in Spinboldak. Rehmatullah had been responsible for handling a stream of foreign fighters coming into Afghanistan to fight alongside the Taliban. Rehmatullah registered the foreign fighters, mostly Arabs and Pakistanis, and deployed them in various parts of the country, he said.
A pity the Paks can't do the same on their side of the border, where most of the TaliGeneral Staff is located. |