The United States has confirmed that the Taliban’s former Ambassador to Pakistan, Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, has been handed over and is in the custody of US officials in Afghanistan.

An intelligence official in Afghanistan’s interim government has said negotiations for the surrender of Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar have reached “a crucial stage”, with a resolution expected within two days.

The Pakistani dictatorship has moved to completely censor Afghanistan’s ruling Taliban after stopping the Taliban Ambassador to Pakistan from giving press conferences.

The Taliban is claiming to have shot down a US aircraft.