Law enforcement agencies have arrested 16 suspected Taliban from a hotel in Pashin Bazaar on Monday. All the arrested men are reported to be Afghan nationals and had come to Pashin from Quetta. However, MNA Maulana Noor Muhammad of the MMA told a private channel that the 16 persons arrested in Pashin were students of Madrassa Darul Aloom and had gone to Pashin to preach and that they were not Taliban. In another incident, Khuzdar police arrested 11 men for alleged involvement in bomb blasts and firing incidents in Balochistan. Khuzdar DPO Agha Babar Gul said that Abdul Kabir, Abdul Karim, Sanaullah, Qari Abdul Basit, Naimatullah, Ghulam Mohammad, Hazebullah, Samiullah, Mohammad Usman Abdullah and Mohammad Khan were arrested from Killi Juey Noora of Wadh tehsil. He said the men were wanted in various cases of bomb blasts and other sabotage incidents.