Has The Afghan Taliban Leadership Been Decimated?

Plain clothed police move a Pakistan Taliban commander from the Bajaur region through the halls of the Police Crime Investigation Department on Feb. 17. Nearly half the Afghanistan Taliban leadership have been apprehended in the past week, according to Pakistani intelligence officials. Akhtar Soomro/Reuters

Half Of Afghanistan Taliban Leadership Arrested In Pakistan -- Christian Science Monitor

MONITOR EXCLUSIVE: Pakistan officials told the Monitor they have arrested nearly half – 7 of 15 – members of the Afghan Taliban's senior leadership council in recent days, including the Taliban head of military operations in Afghanistan.

Kabul, Afghanistan

Pakistan has arrested nearly half of the Afghanistan Taliban’s leadership in recent days, Pakistani officials told the Monitor Wednesday, dealing what could be a crucial blow to the insurgent movement.

In total, seven of the insurgent group’s 15-member leadership council, thought to be based in Quetta, Pakistan, including the head of military operations, have been apprehended in the past week, according to Pakistani intelligence officials.

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Update: What's the Quetta Shura Taliban and why does it matter? -- Christian Science Monitor

My Comment: I have just finished reading up on Michael Collins, the guerrilla fighter who was able to fight the British to a standstill in Ireland after the First World War. During this conflict the British were successful in imprisoning almost all of the leadership in the Irish independence movement. But the few were left were able to reorganize and intensify the fight against the British.

The same can be said about the Afghan Taliban .... we can imprison most if not all of the leadership .... but the fight will still continue.