Arrests of key al-Qaida and Taliban militants in Pakistan since Sept. 11 attacks
By APSunday, March 7, 2010
Key al-Qaida, Taliban arrests in Pakistan
Pakistan has stepped up its efforts to arrest al-Qaida and Afghan Taliban militants in recent weeks following intense pressure from Washington. A look at some of the major arrests in Pakistan since the Sept. 11 attacks:
March 2010
— Adam Gadahn, the American spokesman for al-Qaida, was arrested in the southern city of Karachi.
February 2010
— Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban’s No. 2 leader and top military commander, was captured in Karachi.
— Mullah Abdul Kabir, the top Taliban commander in eastern Afghanistan, was arrested at an unknown location.
May 2005
— Abu Farraj al-Libbi, al-Qaida’s No. 3 leader, was detained in northwestern Pakistan.
March 2003
— Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, was captured in Rawalpindi.
Sept. 2002
— Ramzi Binalshibh, a would-be Sept. 11 hijacker who could not get into the United States, was detained in Karachi.
March 2002
— Abu Zubaydah, al-Qaida’s suspected financier, was arrested in Faisalabad.
