Wall Street Journal — Islamabad's arrests of senior militants have dispersed the Afghan Taliban's leadership to cities across Pakistan, hampering the insurgency. (World)

Wall Street Journal — The Afghan Taliban's leadership has dispersed to cities across Pakistan to avoid arrest in what officials say is a key step in undermining the insurgency. (World)

NPR — Pakistani security forces have arrested about half of the Afghan Taliban's leadership over the past few weeks, throwing the group's leadership into disarray. That could hamper the Taliban's operations against U.S. and NATO forces in Afghanistan, stall any potential peace negotiations and usher in more hard-line replacements. (World)