Pakistan arrests al-Qaida suspects
Pakistani security forces have arrested three people, including a Yemeni national, on suspicion of being linked to the al-Qaida network.
Published On 8 Jan 2005
Intelligence officials on Friday said the Yemeni national, identified as Shaikh Yusuf and the two Pakistanis were arrested more than 60km north of Karachi.
Security forces seized documents, a satellite telephone and some weapons.
Many al-Qaida members and their Taliban supporters have fled to Pakistan to escape a crackdown by the US-led forces in neighbouring Afghanistan.
Pakistani security forces have arrested nearly 600 al-Qaida and Taliban suspects and continue to hunt them in the mountainous region bordering Afghanistan as well as in major cities.
Source: News Agencies