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| Pakistan 'nets Taleban spokesman' |
| 2005-10-04 |
| The authorities in Pakistan say they have arrested Taleban spokesman Latifullah Hakimi. "Our security forces captured him today, and he is in our custody," said Interior Minister Aftab Khan Sherpao. The BBC's Zaffar Abbas in Islamabad says Mr Hakimi was detained in Dera Ismail Khan in North West Frontier Province near the Afghan border. Latifullah Hakimi has spoken regularly on behalf of the Taleban, which US-led forces drove from power in 2001. The Taleban oppose the US-backed government of Hamid Karzai in Kabul and are blamed for a wave of attacks, mainly in the south and east of Afghanistan this year. Mr Karzai's government has frequently accused Pakistan of not doing enough to curb incursions by Taleban fighters and other militants, which it says are based on Pakistani soil. Islamabad denies the allegations. |
| Posted by:Howard UK |