KABUL, Dec. 8 (Xinhua) -- Afghanistan's law enforcing agencies have claimed capturing 31 Taliban militants including their group commander in central province Wardak, a local newspaper citing intelligence sources reported Saturday.

    "Sources in national intelligence department said Thursday that Taliban commander Ahmad Shah along with his 30 men were captured in an operation in Syedabad district of Wardak province," the newspaper Arman-e-Millie reported.

    According to intelligence sources, the alleged Taliban commander, Ahmad Shah, had been involved in terrorist activities including abducting people, murdering, robbery and setting on fire the local radio station over the past one year.

    Taliban militants have yet to make comment.

    Wardak, some 35 km west of Kabul, has been the scene of Taliban activities over the past couple of months.

    Conflicts and Taliban-related violence have claimed the lives of over 6,000 people so far this year in war-torn Afghanistan.