Police in Karachi have arrested an al-Qaeda operative who is on the United Nations sanctions list, a police official said on Friday.
Pakistan has been under pressure to crack down on Islamist militant groups and launched a renewed operation against many of them in 2014, when al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahri announced the formation of a new wing, al Qaeda in the Indian subcontinent.
Muqadas Haider, a senior police officer, said Abdul Rehman Sindhi was arrested in a joint operation between police and intelligence agencies late on Thursday.
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“Abdul Rehman Sindhi is an old veteran of al-Qaeda,” Mr. Haider said.
“He [Sindhi] had stayed in touch with Osama bin Laden and Ayman al-Zawahri and has worked with Harkat-ul Jihad Islami, Jaish-e-Mohammad and Al Akhtar Trust,” he said. — Reuters