Taliban militants held in Pakistan

Police arrested three Taliban militants today and seized a bomb-making factory in the southern Pakistan city of Karachi, a counter-terrorism official said.

Police raided a house in the city’s industrial area and forced the militants to surrender after a gunbattle, said Raja Omar Khatab. No one was injured.

After their arrest, the suspects led police elsewhere to the bomb factory, and a large number of explosives, detonators and other bomb-making material was seized, he said.