Pakistan confirms top al-Qaeda leader killed

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Pakistan confirms top al-Qaeda leader killed

One of the top al-Qaeda leaders,Abdul Rahman Khaddar alias Al-Canadi was confirmed on Jan. 24 by Pakistani authority among those eight killed in an operation in Pakistan's tribal area last Oct 2.

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One of the top al-Qaeda leaders, Abdul Rahman Khaddar alias Al-Canadi was confirmed on Jan. 24 by Pakistani authority among those eight killed in an operation in Pakistan's tribal area last Oct 2.

Pakistani Information and Broadcasting Minister Shaikh Rashid Ahmed told official Associated Press of Pakistan (APP) that Abdul Rahman Khaddar's body was identified through DNA tests.

He was an Egypt-born Canadian national and was one of the main operatives of the organization, said the minister.

Earlier, Hasan Mahsum, head of a terrorist organization in China, was confirmed to be among the eight terrorists killed during the same operation.

Last October, Pakistani military carried out the fiercest operation in the tribal area bordering Afghanistan against suspected al-Qaeda militants hiding there. Eight terrorists were killed and 12 arrested in the operation.

Since early last year, the Pakistani military authorities have kept the entire tribal region of South Waziristan under siege, believing that some high-ranking al-Qaeda militants may be hiding there.

7 members of Al-Qaeda, Taliban arrested in Pakistan

Pakistani security agencies on Jan. 24 conducted a series of raids in southern city of Karachi and arrested seven people suspected to have links with Al-Qaeda and Taliban.

According to a report of local news agency News Network International, the security agencies on a tip of raided Sohrab Ghot and arrested two Afghans, Hayat Gul and Zar Gul. Two satellite telephone sets were also recovered from them, who belong to Al-Qaeda or Taliban remnants.

In another raid on a flat near Disco Backery in Gulshan Iqbal, the security agencies arrested two foreigners of Al-Qaeda group.

Further investigation is in progress, sources said.

The security agencies also arrested two people, who belong to Taliban forces, in a vegetable market and recovered a satellite phone. Their accomplice Aminur Rehman was also arrested in Hasrat Mohani Colony.

According to a primary investigation, the arrested people came Karachi three months ago and they are planning to leave for western Pakistan city of Quetta.

Source: Xinhua

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