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What's the Quetta Shura Taliban and why does it matter?

Pakistani officials arrested half the Afghan Taliban leadership – 7 of 15 members of the Quetta Shura Taliban - including the Taliban commander in charge of stopping the US troop surge in southern Afghanistan. What is the Quetta Shura and why might these arrests be critical to the war in Afghanistan?
Half of Afghanistan Taliban leadership arrested in Pakistan

Pakistan officials told the Monitor they have arrested nearly half – 7 of 15 – members of the Afghan Taliban's senior leadership council in recent days, including the Taliban head of military operations in Afghanistan.
Pakistani refugees return home – to Taliban

Some heeding the government's call to go back to their villages are encountering militants. In other areas, daily life begins to resume.
To keep Taliban away, Pakistan recruits 25,000 retired soldiers

They will protect residents returning to Swat and Buner. Some have fled again after seeing Taliban in the area, despite a major Army offensive.
Pakistan's fresh resolve in latest battle against Taliban

The Army has a mandate to continue its offensive in the Bajaur tribal area until it's won.