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.
Mullah Mohammed Omar is believed to be hiding in the Kandahar region of western Afghanistan, once a stronghold of the Taliban.
Pakistani authorities say they hope to gain more information about Omar's whereabouts from Mannan.
