Pakistan's security forces apprehended a wanted top Taliban militant commander and another 54 militants in the continued search and clearance operations in northwest Pakistan's Swat and Malakand districts during the last 24 hours, the army said Wednesday. The army said in a daily update that the security forces arrested the wanted commander Sher Muhammad Qasab in an operation where he was injured in Charbagh area of Swat. According to the Swat Media Centre, Sher Muhammad Qasab carried head money of 10 million rupees, or about 125,000 U.S. dollars. Local people called this operationan vital step to restore the peace in the area.