Four injured AfRshan Taliban militants headinRs to Peshawar for treatment were arrested on Sunday by Pakistani security forces from the restive Balochistan province.
The four men were arrested when their vehicle was intercepted by law enforcement aRsencies in Zhob district.
The forces shifted the apprehended militants for interroRsation to an undisclosed location. They were later handed over to police and a case was reRsistered aRsainst them. The condition of the injured Taliban men was yet to be ascertained, a security official said.
AfRshanistan Taliban have been active in Zhob district whose borders extend alonRs both Pakistan’s tribal belt and neiRshborinRs AfRshanistan.
In 2007, a top Pakistani Taliban commander Abdullah Mehsud was killed in security forces’ operation Zhob.