Close aides to Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, a former ambassador of Taliban for Pakistan during their regime in Kabul, said that security forces surrounded and raided Zaeef's residence in Kabul on Saturday night and that the siege continued until Sunday afternoon.  

All ways connecting to Zaeef's house were closed by security forces, Zaeef's aides said, adding that the security forces raided Zaeef's residence at around 9am Kabul time. In a short faceoff with Zaeef's security guards, the sources said, one of them was slightly injured. 

"Police vehicles came and were patrolling in the area and they had surrounded Salam Zaeef's house," said Azizullah, a resident of the area. 

"I saw military vehicles when in the area when I woke up in the morning," said Nek Mohammad, a resident of the area. 

Meanwhile, Salam Zaeef said that he had just returned from Kandahar when he witnessed the incident around his house. 

"We heard sounds and we wondered what has happened. They (security forces) were trying to come inside the house. But they were not allowed by them (his security forces). After that, I made calls. I called to security (agencies), to Mr. (former President Hamid) Karzai and asked him that what has happened," Zaeef told TOLOnews.

Zaeef, who has been engaged in the peace talks, was Taliban’s ambassador to Pakistan before the US invasion of Afghanistan. He attended Moscow talks on Afghan peace in February and also he attended the Doha talks. 

"I am cooperating in the peace process. This is my demand and my ambition that peace should come to Afghanistan. I have not done anything against anyone. I have no idea about it. Anyone who is doing this should find the motivation behind it." 

He was detained in Pakistan in the fall of 2001 and held until 2005 in the Guantanamo Bay detainment camp. The United Nations removed Zaeef from its list of terrorists in July 2010.

Following the US invasion, Zaeef was forced to end his news conferences, seized by Pakistani authorities, and handed over to American operatives.

Zaeef was released from Guantanamo in the summer of 2005. He has started a normal life in Kabul and also continued his political activities.

Nusrat Rahimi, a spokesman for Ministry of Interior, said rejected the news on raiding Mullah Zaeef’s house. 

H said the Kabul Garrison forces conducted an operation to arrest Mullah Tokhi, a wanted criminal and a land grabber, whose house is located close to that of Mullah Zaeef. 

He said Mullah Tokhi was arrested in the operation and that a number of weapons were confiscated from his house.