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Reputed Taliban leader nabbed in Pakistan

Published: Jan. 3, 2009 at 5:18 PM

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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan, Jan. 3 (UPI) -- Ustaz Muhammad Yasir, a high-ranking Taliban leader in Pakistan, had been arrested, Pakistani sources said Saturday .

CNN reported its sources and a member of Yasir's family confirmed he had been taken into custody at the home of a relative in the Peshwar region.

Other details of the arrest were not immediately released.

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