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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - The reported capture of the former Taliban defense minister will likely boost Pakistan's anti-terror credentials and deliver a setback to the insurgent movement, but some doubt it will curb militant violence.
Pakistani intelligence officials said Friday that Mullah Obaidullah Akhund, one of the top deputies of Taliban supreme leader Mullah Omar, was arrested in the southwestern city of Quetta this week. The officials spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak to journalists.
The Pakistani government did not formally announce Akhund's arrest, which would be the highest-ranking Afghan militant to be captured since the ouster of the regime in 2001.
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