Two commanders of the banned group Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) were arrested in northwest Pakistan's Swat, local TV channel reported Friday.
Both TTP commanders, Muslim Khan and Mehmood Khan, were arrested during the search operations in Swat in North West Frontier Province, the private TV channel Express reported according to the Inter Services Public Relations.
The two commanders both have 10 million rupees head-money on them. Muslim Khan is the spokesman of the TTP's Swat branch.
They were arrested with three aides Fazal Ghaffar, Sartaj and Abdul Rehman. (one U.S. dollar equals 83 Pakistan rupees)
(Xinhua News Agency September 11, 2009)
