Monday, August 3, 2015

Pakistan claims killing of major al-Qaida commander







From Times of India.



Pakistan claims killing of major al-Qaida commander

QUETTA: Pakistani security forces have killed a senior al-Qaida commander and detained his wife in an overnight raid on his hideout in the southwestern province of Baluchistan, a provincial minister said Sunday.

The security forces also took the couple's two young daughters into custody during the raid in the Chaghi district.

"An important al-Qaida commander - namely Umar Lateef, a Pakistani national - was killed in an encounter with local security agencies," provincial home minister Sarfraz Bugti told reporters.

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