Pakistan arrests high-ranking Taliban official

AlJazeeraEnglish
September 11, 2009
The Pakistani military has said it has arrested Muslim Khan, one of the Taliban's highest-ranking officials, during a raid in the Swat Valley.

Khan had a bounty of more than $120,000 on his head.

During the offensive to clear the Swat of the Taliban, the military says more than 2,000 fighters and 300 soldiers have been killed.