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| | CNN.com - Taliban's public face now in U.S. custody - January 5, 2002 |
 | | (CNN) -- Mullah Abdul Salam Zaeef, who gave the Taliban a face and a voice as its spokesman, is in U.S. custody in Afghanistan one day after his deportation from Pakistan, U.S. military officials said Saturday. |
 | | Pakistani intelligence officials detained Zaeef, 34, on Thursday and transferred him in protective custody to Peshawar, Pakistan, a day later, the envoy's secretary said. |
 | | Until Pakistan closed the Taliban embassy in Islamabad, Zaeef was the Afghan group's primary spokesman, giving frequent briefings for Western reporters. |
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