KABUL, Afghanistan, July 3 (UPI) -- A Taliban commander tied to a Pakistani insurgent group was captured overnight by security forces in Afghanistan, the international joint command said Saturday.
The commander reportedly helped insurgents from the Pakistani LeT group infiltrate into Nangarhar Province.
LeT is the organization responsible for the deadly terrorist raid on Mumbai, India, in 2008.
ISAF Joint Command said in a written statement that Afghan and coalition troops surrounded a home in a village in Khogyani district and took the commander and three other suspects into custody peacefully.
Elsewhere in Afghanistan, suspected insurgents were captured in Logar province and a dozen rocket warheads were seized near a forward operating base in Ganzhi Province.
