ASIA-PACIFIC The Pakistani army’s capture of the hometown of a key Taliban leader in the country’s unruly South Waziristan region has thrown the militants in disarray and given an edge to military forces in the troubled region, a senior Pakistani government official claimed on Saturday.
The army announced the capture of Kotkai, a dusty town in South Waziristan which was home to Hakeemullah Mehsud, leader of the Taliban, and his deputy Qari Hussain, in the most important symbolic victory yet during the nine day-long campaign.
