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Pakistan arrests three al-Qaeda operatives PESHAWAR, Pakistan, Friday (AFP) Pakistani paramilitary forces Thursday arrested three suspected al-Qaeda operatives in a raid at their hideout in tribal territory near Afghanistan's border, officials said. A paramilitary contingent conducted the raid in the town of Goodar in Jamrood tribal district acting on a tip off that some foreigners had taken refuge in a house, local official Riaz Khan said. The three included two Arabs and a local Islamic militant, he said without giving their names and nationalities. "They are suspected to be al-Qaeda operatives. We recovered two Kalashnikovs, grenades, a few wireless sets and mobile phones," he said. The suspects surrendered without resistance after three hours of negotiations, Khan said. The operation was the latest in the continuing hunt for al-Qaeda and Taliban fugitives hiding out in pockets of Pakistan's semi autonomous tribal region. Top fugitive al-Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden remains at large. |
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