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| Top Afghan militant 'captured' | Top Afghan militant 'captured' |
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| A top Afghan Taleban fighter has been captured after a shootout with security forces in Pakistan, the army says. | A top Afghan Taleban fighter has been captured after a shootout with security forces in Pakistan, the army says. |
| Mansoor Dadullah was seriously injured in the incident in Balochistan province, an army spokesman said. Earlier reports said he had died. | Mansoor Dadullah was seriously injured in the incident in Balochistan province, an army spokesman said. Earlier reports said he had died. |
| In December the Afghan Taleban said Mansoor Dadullah had been sacked for disobeying orders. | In December the Afghan Taleban said Mansoor Dadullah had been sacked for disobeying orders. |
| He had succeeded his brother, Mullah Dadullah, who was killed in a joint Afghan-Nato operation last May. | He had succeeded his brother, Mullah Dadullah, who was killed in a joint Afghan-Nato operation last May. |
| The BBC's Alastair Leithead in the Afghan capital, Kabul, says Mansoor Dadullah's capture will be a blow to the field operations of the Taleban in southern Afghanistan, but is unlikely to have a major impact on the insurgency. | The BBC's Alastair Leithead in the Afghan capital, Kabul, says Mansoor Dadullah's capture will be a blow to the field operations of the Taleban in southern Afghanistan, but is unlikely to have a major impact on the insurgency. |
| A Taleban spokesman said he had no information about Mansoor Dadullah's fate. | A Taleban spokesman said he had no information about Mansoor Dadullah's fate. |
| 'Sustained injuries' | 'Sustained injuries' |
| Police say that the shootout happened in the village of Gowal Ismail Zai, near the Afghan border. | Police say that the shootout happened in the village of Gowal Ismail Zai, near the Afghan border. |
| Army spokesman Maj Gen Athar Abbas said Mansoor Dadullah and five other militants had crossed over from Afghanistan and opened fire on security forces who had challenged them. | |
| "Security personnel returned fire. As a result, all of them sustained injuries and all of them were captured," Maj Gen Abbas said, the Associated Press news agency reports. | "Security personnel returned fire. As a result, all of them sustained injuries and all of them were captured," Maj Gen Abbas said, the Associated Press news agency reports. |
| "Dadullah was arrested alive, but he is critically wounded." | "Dadullah was arrested alive, but he is critically wounded." |
| Dadullah succeeded his elder brother - the senior Taleban military commander Mullah Dadullah - after he was killed in an Afghan and Nato operation in southern Afghanistan in May 2007. | Dadullah succeeded his elder brother - the senior Taleban military commander Mullah Dadullah - after he was killed in an Afghan and Nato operation in southern Afghanistan in May 2007. |
| The Taleban said in a statement late December that they had sacked Mansoor Dadullah "because he disobeyed orders of the Islamic Emirate" of the Taleban. | The Taleban said in a statement late December that they had sacked Mansoor Dadullah "because he disobeyed orders of the Islamic Emirate" of the Taleban. |