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Osama bin Laden associate arrested in Pakistan

Amin ul Haq (izquierda) y Osama bin Laden. Foto: India Times.




Osama bin Laden associate arrested in Pakistan

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Pakistani anti-terrorist police have arrested a leader of the al-Qaeda terrorist network who was a close associate of Osama bin Laden, authorities said Friday.

Deputy Inspector General of Police Usman Gondal said Amin ul Haq was captured by the Punjab province’s Anti-Terrorism Department after a years-long manhunt. The arrest foiled possible attacks planned by Haq in the province, Gondal told a news conference.

His name is included on a UN sanctions list of individuals linked to Al Qaeda. Of Afghan origin, he is accused of working as a financier for the terrorist network and supplying weapons to the insurgents.

Following the September 11 attacks, Pakistan arrested and handed over several senior al-Qaeda officials to the United States, including Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, Ramzi Binalshibh and Abu Zubaydah.

Osama bin Laden associate arrested in Pakistan
September 11. Photo: Archive.

Pakistan’s support for the United States has angered the insurgents, who have been attacking security forces and civilians.

On Friday, two people were killed in a roadside bomb attack in South Waziristan, a former stronghold of the Pakistani Taliban in the northwest, on the border with Afghanistan.

Pakistan has seen a surge in violence since the Afghan Taliban took power in Afghanistan in 2021. Most of the attacks have been attributed to the Pakistani Taliban, also known as Tehrik-e-Taliban Pakistan. They are an independent group, but allied with the Afghan Taliban.

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