Pakistani security forces arrested a top Taliban commander near the Afghan border on Monday, the Pakistani government confirmed. Interior Ministry spokesman Javed Iqbal Cheema said Mulla Mansour Dadullah and five others were arrested when security officials raided a house in Zhob district in Baluchistan, about 420 kilometers southwest of Islamabad. Dadullah took control of Taliban forces in turbulent Helmand province in southern Afghanistan after his brother, Mullah Dadullah, was killed by British forces in May last year.
Cheema confirmed that Dadullah was injured in the operation and has been hospitalized. Earlier reports had said that Dadullah had died while being flown to a hospital.