Another seniror Taliban commander captured

Bill Roggio:

Pakistani security forces detained another senior Afghan Taliban leader in a raid in the northwest. Maulvi Abdul Kabir, the Taliban's former shadow governor of the eastern Afghan province of Nangarhar who led the group's council in the city of Peshawar, was arrested in the district of Nowshera in Pakistan's insurgency-wracked Northwest Frontier Province.

The arrest of Kabir was first reported on Feb. 20 at the Afghan news site Tol Afghan, and was confirmed by Fox News today.

As leader of the Peshawar Shura, Kabir served as a liaison between the Afghan Taliban and al Qaeda, Hezb-i-Islami Gulbuddin (Gulbuddin Hekmatyar's faction of Hezb-i-Islami), and the Movement of the Taliban in Pakistan, US intelligence officials told The Long War Journal. Pakistan’s Northwest Frontier Province and the adjoining tribal areas serve as a safe have for these groups.

In addition to serving as a the leader of the Peshawar Shura and the former governor of Nangarhar, Kabir also was a close aide of Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Afghan Taliban's second in command and the group's operational commander who was detained in Karachi several weeks ago. Kabir is said to be a potential successor to Baradar. Kabir was detained based on information provided by Baradar, Fox News reported.

It looks like much of the Taliban chain of command is now in disarray. It this keeps up the Lance Corporals will be in charge and wondering where their pay checks are too. In fact one of the things that should be asked of Baradar is how their logistics and payroll operations work.

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