PUL-E-ALAM, Afghanistan, May 17 (Xinhua) -- Two key local Taliban leaders have been arrested following a security operation in Afghanistan's eastern province of Logar, local police said Friday.
The operation was conducted by Special Operations Police force late on Thursday, resulting in the arrest of the Taliban's provincial intelligence chief and a press officer in one of the province's localities, the provincial police department said in a statement.
The names of the arrestees have not immediately been disclosed, as the security organs usually declare their identities after investigations.
Zabiullah Mujahid, a purported Taliban spokesman, hours after the report, rejected that government troops have arrested the outfit's members.
"We reject the claim. No one, related to us, has been arrested in Logar," he tweeted.
Afghan forces have recently intensified clearance operations against anti-government militants, leaving scores of fighters dead or wounded, in various parts of the country.
