A senior leader of the Afghan Taliban is reported to have been detained in Pakistan. US media reports quoting Pakistan intelligence officials said Mullah Abdul Kabir has been picked up in the city of Nowshera in Pakistan's North West Frontier Province. However, a spokesman for Pakistan's army chief said that no such arrest had taken place. Mullah Abdul Kabir is widely believed to be a senior member of the so-called Quetta Shura, the Taliban leadership council, allegedly based in Pakistan. He was the governor of eastern Nangarhar Province during the Taliban government.