Taliban arrests in Pakistan

MORE Taliban leaders have been captured in Pakistan following the arrest of its deputy leader.

The roundups came as 15,000 US, NATO and Afghan forces pressed the Taliban in their southern Afghan stronghold of Marjah, the biggest town under militant control.

Nine men linked to al-Qaida were seized near Pakistan’s biggest city of Karachi, where the Taliban’s deputy chief Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar was picked up several days ago.