Two Pakistani Taliban leaders captured

Source: CNN

ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (CNN) -- In what is seen as a blow to the Pakistani Taliban, two top figures from the militant group have been seized by security forces, Pakistani officials said.

The two are Commander Saif Ullah, described by a senior police official in Islamabad as the right-hand man of Pakistan Taliban leader Baitullah Mehsud. The other is Maulvi Umar, the well-known spokesman for the group, intelligence officials said.

The police official told CNN on Monday that Ullah was injured in a drone attack near Pakistani-Afghan border and had been brought to Islamabad for treatment. The official did not say when the drone attack took place and when the arrest was made.

The militant was in charge of terrorist activities in Pakistan's southern Punjab province and worked to recruit suicide bombers and facilitate suicide attacks, the official said.

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