Pakistan: Another Militant Arrest

Pakistani police arrested on Feb. 24 a commander of the banned militant group, Lashkar-e-Taiba, Matiullah (aka Abu Talha), along with 34 Afghan students in the northwestern Pakistani district of Nowshera. Matiullah is accused of promoting violence through an illegal radio station he operated. However, his arrest had less to do with his being a leader of a banned militant group than the fact that he asserted his independence from the Pakistani state.