Reuters: Pakistan arrests scores of Taliban in crackdown

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Pakistan arrests scores of Taliban in crackdown

Reuters
Tuesday, July 18, 2006; 2:07 AM

QUETTA, Pakistan (Reuters) - Pakistan arrested about 52 Taliban militants
in raids overnight in the southwest province of Baluchistan, taking action
that Afghanistan, the United States and NATO powers have long called for.

"They are Taliban, and they have links with those living in Afghanistan.
They had no documents so we will hand them over to the Afghan authorities,"
Chaudhary Mohammad Yaqub, Baluchistan's police chief, told Reuters on Tuesday.

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The Afghan government, the United States and NATO powers with forces in
Afghanistan all want Pakistan to act more forcefully against the Taliban,
particularly in the Baluch capital Quetta where many settled after they were
ousted from power in 2001.

Among those detained in raids in Quetta on Monday evening was Mullah Hamdullah,
a former commander of Taliban forces in the southern Afghan province of Helmand,
where British troops have met fierce resistance since their deployment a few
months ago.

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Full article: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/07/18/AR2006071800108.html