A key member of the Taliban in southern provinces was arrested in a special operation conducted by the Afghan National Army’s Commando Unit in Helmand province. 

The operation was carried out in Nawa district in Helmand on Thursday, said Agha Mohammad, the second Battalion of Army’s Commando Unit said in a statement on Friday.

Agha Mohammad, the deputy of Mullah Naeem, commander of Taliban for Helmand, Kandahar and Uruzgan provinces, was wounded when arrested by the forces, the statement said.

The statement said that Mohammad was wounded in the Afghan forces’ military operation in Nawa district.