http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/1064939/posts "Two senior Taliban officials arrested" (Hunting Mullah Omar)
UPI ^ | Jan 25 2004 | N/A
Posted on 01/25/2004 10:10:23 AM PST by Dog
"Two senior Taliban officials arrested"
ARTICLE SNIPPET: "ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 25 (UPI) -- Pakistani authorities have arrested two senior officials from Afghanistan's deposed Taliban regime, reported CNN.
One of the arrested is believed to know the whereabouts of the elusive Taliban leader Mullah Mohammed Omar. Pakistani intelligence sources said the two officials were captured in western Pakistan near the Afghan border.
One was identified as Maulvi Abdul Mannan, governor of Badghais province under the Taliban. CNN reported he was close to Omar, whom the United States has been seeking since it toppled the regime three months after the al-Qaida terrorist network carried out the attacks of Sept. 11, 2001.
The other person arrested was identified as Najeeb Ullaha, a Taliban military commander."