Islamabad, May 30 (IANS) Five Pakistani Taliban leaders were arrested Monday morning in North Waziristan by NATO forces and taken away in two helicopters to Afghanistan, intelligence sources told Xinhua.

The sources said the NATO forces took the action without informing the Pakistani government, reported Xinhua.

Al Qaeda chief Osama bin Laden was gunned down May 2 by US commandos who stormed his hideout in Abbottabad. The US said the raid was a unilateral action.