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Sons of Osama arrested in southeastern Afghanistan: Pak Minister
Islamabad, Mar 07: Two sons of Osama bin Laden were arrested in southeastern Afghanistan in a joint operation involving US forces, Pakistan`s Provincial Home Minister said.
Islamabad, Mar 07: Two sons of Osama bin Laden were
arrested in southeastern Afghanistan in a joint operation
involving US forces, Pakistan's Provincial Home Minister
said.
``They were arrested from Rabat area in Afghanistan,''
Sanaullah Zehri told the associated press in a telephone
interview. He did not identify the sons, but said seven other
al-Qaeda men were killed in the operation.
Zehri refused to identify which forces were involved in
the operation.
``They were allied forces,'' he said. Rabat is at the
extreme tip of southwestern Afghanistan where the Afghan,
Pakistan and Iran borders meet.
Bureau Report