U.S. Hands Over Pakistani Taliban Chief

The U.S. military said it repatriated three Pakistanis Saturday, one of which reportedly is senior Pakistani Taliban commander Latif Mehsud, according to Pakistani intelligence officers. The release of Pakistani militants held in Afghanistan has long been a point of contention between Pakistan and Afghanistan. Mehsud, who was second-in-command to the former head of the Pakistan Taliban, was captured in 2013 by American forces and was being held at the Bagram Air Base in Afghanistan. The statement said the Afghan government was not involved in the transfer, but the move signals a shift in repairing relations among Pakistan, Afghanistan and the U.S.