Strange, the jihadi reads BBC, found this at Jihad unspun,did they not know that he had been arrested or that he was the source for reports to us?
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http://www.jihadunspun.com/intheatre_internal.php?article=104661&list=/home.php
Pakistan Claims Arrested Of Taliban Spokesman Abdul Latif Hakimi
Oct 05, 2005
Source: BBC
The authorities in Pakistan say they have arrested leading Taleban spokesman Latifullah Hakimi. "Our
security forces captured him today, and he is in our custody," said Interior Minister Aftab Khan
Sherpao.
Mr Hakimi has spoken regularly on behalf of the Taleban, who US-led forces drove from power in
Afghanistan after the 11 September, 2001 attacks.
Pakistan Information Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said he was detained in Balochistan province. The
Taleban oppose the US-backed government of President Hamid Karzai in Kabul. They have been
blamed for a wave of attacks, mainly in the south and east of Afghanistan this year.
Mr Karzai's government has frequently accused Pakistan of not doing enough to curb incursions by
Taleban fighters and other militants, which it says are based on Pakistani soil. Islamabad denies the
allegations.
'Blow'
Pakistan's authorities publicly withdrew their support for the Taleban after the ruling Afghan militia
were ousted four years ago, but Pakistan's Western allies have accused it of not severing ties
completely.
The BBC's Barbara Plett in Islamabad says Mr Hakimi's arrest is being seen as a message that
Islamabad is doing whatever it can. She says analysts see this as a bigger blow to the Taleban than
the capture of many of its military commanders, because Latifullah Hakimi was regarded as the voice
of the group.
Mr Hakimi's exact ties to the Taleban have not been verified, but according to Afghan and US officials
quoted by the Associated Press news agency, he is believed to represent factions within the group.
He was a key contact for journalists seeking to establish whether or not the Taleban had carried out
particular attacks in Afghanistan.
He usually spoke by satellite phone, occasionally switching to mobile phones registered in Afghanistan
or Pakistan.
'Big Success'
He last spoke to the BBC on Thursday, telling Rahimullah Yusufzai in Peshawar that a blast that killed
12 people near an army base in Kabul last week was caused by a Taleban bomber. Mr Sherpao told
private Pakistani TV station, Geo, that Mr Hakimi's capture is a "big success" for the law enforcement
agencies.
A spokesman for President Karzai said he hoped the arrest would lead to other Taleban leaders being
detained.
"We are grateful for the arrest of Hakimi by the Pakistani government. He was a person who claimed
the lives of many innocent people like clerics, doctors, teachers," the spokesman, Khaliq Ahmed
Khaliq, told the BBC.
He last spoke to the BBC on Thursday, telling Rahimullah Yusufzai in
Peshawar that a blast that killed
12 people near an army base in Kabul last week was caused by a
Taleban bomber. Mr Sherpao told
private Pakistani TV station, Geo, that Mr Hakimi's capture is a "big
success" for the law enforcement
agencies.
A spokesman for President Karzai said he hoped the arrest would lead
to other Taleban leaders being
detained.
"We are grateful for the arrest of Hakimi by the Pakistani government.
He was a person who claimed
the lives of many innocent people like clerics, doctors, teachers," the
spokesman, Khaliq Ahmed
Khaliq, told the BBC.<<<<<<<
This is a big shot that was arrested, is he the one who talked about the NY subways?
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