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Senior Taliban officials in custody: U.S.

At least two Senior Taliban officials are in U.S. custody, officials said Dec. 19

Their capture came as the search for Taliban and al-Qaeda continued in Afghanistan and Pakistan.

U.S. Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said Dec. 19 that interrogations of captured al-Qaeda leaders should produce a "treasure trove" of leads for the U.S. campaign to track down Osama bin Laden.

The two senior Taliban leaders were captured in northern Afghanistan by the Northern Alliance, one U.S. official said.

Rumsfeld made no direct reference to the two Taliban officials. When asked about the status of top Taliban figures, he said, "We've got some of them." He did not say who they are or how many there are.

More than 100 al-Qaeda fighters have also been arrested by Pakistani authorities after fleeing from Afghanistan's Tora Bora region last week, Rumsfeld said.

Rumsfeld said he did not know how many of the prisoners held by the Pakistanis are senior al-Qaeda members

Rumsfeld also said U.S. forces are helping anti-Taliban Afghans clear caves in the Tora Bora area, which al-Qaeda abandoned Dec. 17.

Shukan ST: Dec. 28, 2001

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