Pakistan has extradited 14 Taliban fugitives to Afghanistan, the first such move by Islamabad since U.S-led forces overthrew the radical Islamist government in 2001, officials said on Thursday. Taliban spokesmen Abdul Latif Hakimi and Mohammad Yasar were the most senior members of the group of 14 men sent back by military plane to Afghanistan on Wednesday, they said. The fugitives, who were blindfolded for the trip, will be tried by a court over their role in violence against the Afghan government and foreign troops based in Afghanistan, officials said.While hailing the extradition, Afghanistan urged its neighbour to hunt down more suspected militants based in Pakistan. "Such measures by Pakistan would strengthen relations between the two countries and may God we have more successes in future too in this regard," Interior Ministry spokesman Yousuf Stanezai said.