The Taliban have confirmed that they have arrested Maulvi Mohammad Sardar Zadran, the former head of the National Council of Religious Scholars of Afghanistan.
They have also released a photo of Maulvi Mohammad Sardar Zadran in which he is blindfolded.
Previously, the Taliban had captured Salima Mazari, one of the first women governors in Afghanistan who took up arms to fight the Taliban.
At a time when many Afghan political leaders had fled the country, Salima Mazari stayed on till the surrender of Balkh province, when her district of Chahar Kint fell to the Taliban.
Reports say the woman leader has been captured by the Taliban after the insurgents gained control over the entire nation and the Afghan leadership, including President Ashraf Ghani, fled the country.
A few years ago, Salima Mazari became one of only three women governors Afghanistan ever saw. While a lot of the Afghan provinces crumbled without much of a fight, Salima tried everything to keep Chahar Kint in Balkh Province unscathed.