Another leader of Afghanistan's Taliban has been arrested in Pakistan, reports quoting Pakistani and US officials say.
Agha Jan Mohtasim was arrested in the southern city of Karachi, intelligence officials said.
A number of other Afghan Taliban leaders are said to have been detained recently, including the group's deputy leader Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar.
The arrests have been hailed as a major blow to the group amid a Nato offensive against the Taliban in Afghanistan.
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