Lahore, Pakistan. Pakistan’s anti-terror police have arrested an al-Qaeda chief who was a detailed affiliate of Osama bin Laden, the mastermind behind the Sept. 11, 2001, assaults on the USA, officers mentioned Friday.
Deputy Inspector Normal of Police Usman Gondal recognized the person as Amin ul Haq and mentioned he was captured by the Punjab province’s Anti-Terrorism Division after a years-long manhunt. The arrest foiled attainable assaults deliberate by Haq within the province, Gondal mentioned at a information convention in Lahore.
Haq’s title is included on a UN sanctions record of individuals linked to al Qaeda. Of Afghan origin, he was accused of working as a financier for the al Qaeda community and supplying weapons to the insurgents. Gondal mentioned he was arrested in a village close to town of Jhelum, nevertheless it was not clear precisely when the arrest came about.
Following the 9/11 assaults, Pakistan arrested and handed over a number of senior al-Qaeda officers to the USA. They included bin Laden’s deputies Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Ramzi Binalshibh and Abu Zubaydah. Pakistan’s help for the USA has angered the militants, who’ve since focused members of the safety forces and civilians.
Two individuals have been killed in a roadside bomb assault in South Waziristan, a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban within the northwest, on the border with Afghanistan, native authorities mentioned on Friday.
Pakistan has seen a surge in violence for the reason that Afghan Taliban took energy in Afghanistan in 2021. A lot of the assaults have been attributed to the Pakistani Taliban, often known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan. They’re a separate group however an ally of the Afghan Taliban.
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– 2024-07-21 11:51:38
