Pakistani forces arrested 29 Taliban suspects on Tuesday, including a local commander, in a raid on a private hospital in Quetta, the capital of Balochistan. Sources told Daily Times that law enforcement agencies raided Al Khair Hospital on Quetta's Zargoon Road. | “The suspected Taliban fighters were being treated for wounds sustained in fighting in Afghanistan's Kandahar province in recent weeks...” |
Sources however did not give the arrested commander's name. All the arrested men have been shifted to an undisclosed location for interrogation. Pakistani Interior Minister Aftab Khan Sherpao confirmed security agents had arrested 29 suspected insurgents who were brought to the hospital in recent days. The suspected Taliban fighters were being treated for wounds sustained in fighting in Afghanistan's Kandahar province in recent weeks, said a hospital official.