Kabul, MARCH 22, SPA -- Afghan and US-led coalition forces arrested eightsuspected Taliban in separate raids in Afghanistan on Thursday, DPA QUOTED theUS military as saying. Five suspected Taliban were arrested by joint forces during anoperation at a compound near Asadabad the capital city of easternKonar province early Thursday, US military said in a statement. The operation targeted extremist facilitators suspected of helpingmilitant fighters enter Konar province from Bajaur Agency inneighbouring Pakistan, the statement said, adding that "credibleinformation led the combined force to the compound." Meanwhile, the joint forces arrested another suspected Taliban inthe neighbouring province of Khost after the Afghan and coalitionforces recovered a weapons cache including several AK-47s, handgrenades, rocket-propelled grenades and materials used for detonatingexplosives, the statement said.--SPA www.spa.gov.sa/434665