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Pak arrests 230 al-Qaeda suspects in Tribal area raids
Islamabad, Oct 26: Pakistan has netted 230 al-Qaeda suspects in a military operation in the northwestern tribal region bordering Afghanistan this month, state media reported, quoting a senior commander
Islamabad, Oct 26: Pakistan has netted 230 al-Qaeda suspects in a military operation in the northwestern tribal region bordering Afghanistan this month, state media reported, quoting a senior commander
The operation launched on October 2 is continuing in
phases, Corps Commander Lieutenant General Ali Muhammad Jan
Aurakzai told a team of foreign diplomats.
Three phases have been completed in the rugged tribal
terrain and the fourth phase of the operation, named al-Meezan
(balance), is currently underway, he told some 20 ambassadors
and military attaches at the Corp headquarters in the
northwestern city of Peshawar.
During the operation, over 230 suspects believed to
belong to the al-Qaeda terrorist group have been rounded up
while 10 others were killed, Aurakzai said, according to the
report. It did not identify their nationalities.
Ten Pakistani military personnel were killed in the
operation, said the general.
Bureau Report