Half of Afghanistan Taliban leadership arrested in Pakistan

[Robb]

Source: CS Monitor

MONITOR EXCLUSIVE: Pakistan officials told the Monitor they have arrested nearly half – 7 of 15 – members of the Afghan Taliban's senior leadership council in recent days, including the Taliban head of military operations in Afghanistan.

Pakistan has arrested nearly half of the Afghanistan Taliban’s leadership in recent days, Pakistani officials told the Monitor Wednesday, dealing what could be a crucial blow to the insurgent movement.

In total, seven of the insurgent group’s 15-member leadership council, thought to be based in Quetta, Pakistan, including the head of military operations, have been apprehended in the past week, according to Pakistani intelligence officials.

Western and Pakistani media had previously reported the arrest of three of the 15, but this is the first confirmation of the wider scale of the Pakistan crackdown on the Taliban leadership, something the US has sought.

Read more: http://www.csmonitor.com/World/Asia-South-Central/2010/0224/Half-of-Afghanistan-Taliban-leadership-arrested-in-Pakistan

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Make your own theories. ISI has known where the Quetta Shura were for a while, probably. Why now?

[Soylent Brice]

1. answer

A Timeline of U.S. Aid to Pakistan

:shrug:

[dave123williams]

2. Wait a second, you're saying...

Wait a second, you're saying...that diplomacy works better than Bush's little 'tough guy' act?

And that's all it ever was; an act. Bullies are, at heart, cowards...W is both. His legacy is ignominy.

Someone remind me again how half of this country supported an incompetent bullying coward...as a symbol of their 'values', again?

[maxsolomon]

5. they were told they were under attack

and that only bush would protect them.

goebbels 101.

[EFerrari]

3. That's a lot of #2s!

[Robb]

4. Several on Bill Roggio's list, notably.

If you're interested in an exhaustive study of who's who, this is a must-read. Probably the best unclassified list out there.