Afghan and US-led coalition forces arrested eight suspected Taliban in separate raids in Afghanistan on Thursday, DPA QUOTED the US military as saying. Five suspected Taliban were arrested by joint forces during an operation at a compound near Asadabad the capital city of eastern Konar province early Thursday, US military said in a statement. The operation targeted extremist facilitators suspected of helping militant fighters enter Konar province from Bajaur Agency in neighbouring Pakistan, the statement said, adding that "credible information led the combined force to the compound." Meanwhile, the joint forces arrested another suspected Taliban in the neighbouring province of Khost after the Afghan and coalition forces recovered a weapons cache including several AK-47s, hand grenades, rocket-propelled grenades and materials used for detonating explosives, the statement said.
