Afghan and international forces captured a senior Taliban commander in Logar provice, NATO's International Security Assistance Force announced Sunday.
Zia Ul-Haq is accused of helping foreign fighters and suicide bombers get into the capital, Kabul.
He was captured along with a sub-commander and another insurgent on Wednesday, ISAF said in a statement. The military surrounded a series of compounds in Pul-e 'Alam district and ordered everyone to come out, they said. They identified the three Taliban fighters by questioning everyone at the scene, they said.
They did not fire a shot during the operation, they said. |