(Xinhua)
Updated: 2007-09-27 16:29

KABUL -- Afghan police captured a main Taliban spokesman Yousuf Ahmadi in the southern Helmand province, Afghan Interior Ministry said in a statement on Thursday.

"In an operation in Sufian village on Wednesday afternoon, the police arrested Yousuf Ahmadi along with his brother," the statement said.

A vehicle, two motorbikes, one satellite phone and one mobile phone were also seized, it added.

From unknown locations, Ahmadi announced much latest information during the scenario of the kidnapping of 23 South Koreans from July to August in the central Ghazni province.

He is the third Taliban spokesman who was arrested over the past two years in Afghanistan. The other two were Abdul Latif Hakimi and Dr. Hanif.

Hakimi was exchanged for a kidnapped Italian journalist this March, while Hanif is still in custody.

Taliban militants have yet to make any comment over Ahmadi's alleged arrest.