Afghan Taliban leader arrested in Quetta

Sources in the Afghan Taliban movement have claimed that Pakistani authorities have arrested senior members of the Taliban Supreme council and known Taliban cleric Mullah Ahmadullah Nanay in Quetta on Tuesday.

Sources in the Afghan Taliban movement have claimed that Pakistani authorities have arrested senior members of the Taliban Supreme council and known Taliban cleric Mullah Ahmadullah Nanay in Quetta on Tuesday.

The sources claimed that Nanay was taken in to custody from the seminary of Mullah Abdul Hakim in Satellite Town area of Quetta, the capital city of Balochistan province. However, the news could not be confirmed with the Pakistani authorities.

Mullah Nanay is one of the senior-most members of the 23-member strong Taliban Rahbari Shura. He was also the head of the Dawat-e-Jalb wa Jazb/ Auqaf commission of the Afghan Taliban.