A top-level Pakistani Taliban leader was apprehended on Friday by the U.S. forces in a military operation, a
State Department spokesman says this during operation carried out.
The Pakistani Taliban, known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP),
confirmed on Friday that its deputy chief, Latif Mehsud, was arrested in
Afghanistan's Khost province four days ago, but it received word of the arrest
Thursday, said a source within the terror organization who spoke on the
condition of anonymity.
Mehsud, 32, who's from Sararogha in South Waziristan, is a key
aide to TTP leader Hakeemullah Masud and organized all external meetings with
journalists and others on behalf of the chief.
The TTP had ties with the failed attempt to bomb Times Square in
New York in 2010, said Marie Harf, deputy spokeswoman for the State Department.
"I don't have further details about the operation to share
with you at this time," Harf said Friday of Mehsud's arrest. "TTP has,
is also responsible for attacks on our diplomats in Pakistan and attacks that
have killed countless Pakistani civilians."
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