Pak Taliban 'No 2' captured in Afghanistan

Afghan officials yesterday said that the US military was holding a senior Pakistani Taliban commander captured in Afghanistan a week ago.
Latif Mehsud was arrested by American forces as he was driving along a main highway, Arsallah Jamal, the governor of eastern Logar province, said yesterday.
Mehsud, a former bodyguard and close confidante of Tehrik-i-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) chief Hakimullah Mehsud, was reported to have been elevated to the position of deputy ameer in the proscribed militant group.
According to the Associated Press, the Pakistani Taliban confirmed Latif Mehsud had been captured by the Afghan army at the Ghulam Khan border crossing in the eastern province of Khost on Oct 5.