Taliban militants arrested over attack on Pakistan school that left 130 dead

Some of the Taliban militants behind last month’s massacre of more than 130 schoolboys in Pakistan have been arrested inside Afghanistan, in the latest sign of sharply improved counter-terror cooperation between two countries.

Five Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan (TTP) fighters were captured on Monday inside Afghanistan, according to an official from Afghanistan’s national directorate of security.

On the other side of the border, a Pakistani army official said three of the men were believed to have been involved in the December 16 attack by a team TTP suicide gunmen on the army public school in the north-western city of Peshawar.

The killings horrified the public and prompted Pakistan’s military and civilian leaders to vow to “eradicate” the terrorism that has plagued the country for years.

But with senior members of the TTP believed to be hiding in areas of eastern Afghanistan, the cooperation of Kabul is essential for achieving that goal.

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