Pakistani officials have confirmed that they have arrested top Taliban commander Abdul Kabir, an Afghan official said Thursday. Siamak Herawi, a spokesman for Afghan President Hamid Karzai, said that Kabir was detained a week ago in Pakistan.The arrest of Kabir, who ran Taliban operations in eastern Afghanistan, is part of a recent crackdown on insurgents in Pakistan.He is one of at least four top Afghan Taliban leaders that Pakistani officials have detained in recent weeks.Among them is Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar — second only to the Taliban's leader, Mullah Mohammad Omar. Baradar was arrested near Karachi several weeks ago by Pakistani officials with the aid of US intelligence.
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