Mullah Omar aides arrested in Pakistan

BBC:

Several key aides to the leader of Afghanistan's Taleban rebels, Mullah Omar, are reported to have been arrested in Pakistan.

An Afghan intelligence source told the BBC four senior associates of Mullah Omar were being held after operations by Pakistani security forces.

The arrests took place in two areas of the city of Quetta in western Pakistan.

The source said those arrested included two men responsible for Mullah Omar's letters and communications.

They have been named as Mullah Jahangir and Mullah Mohid.

Others now in detention are said to be Mullah Nazir, who was Taleban commander in the southern Afghan province of Uruzgan, and Mullah Tahir, the former Taleban commander for the capital, Kabul.

Afghanistan observers say these four men were all close to the reclusive Mullah Omar, whose whereabouts remain unknown.

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It appears that Pakistan's previous denial that the Taliban were operating in Pakistan was in error. It is also possible that these detainees can provide evidence on where the elusive mullah is hiding. I think he is probably somewhere near Quetta too. These arrest have to be another disappointment to Zawahiri, who just a few days ago was asserting that victory was around the corner.