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6 al-Qaeda suspects held in Pakistan
www.chinaview.cn 2004-02-29 15:16:21

    ISLAMABAD, Feb. 29 (Xinhuanet) -- Pakistan's law enforcing agencies Saturday arrested six persons including three Algerians suspected to be members of al-Qaeda in western Pakistan city of Peshawar, according to a report of local newspaper the Nation hereon Sunday.

    The personnel of Pakistan's Criminal Investigation Department and other secret agencies arrested three Algerians and three Afghani in a joint raid on an Afghan refugees camp Kacha Gari in Peshawar, the report said.

    Police sources said that all the six person suspected to be member of al-Qaeda have been shifted to unknown place for further investigation.

    The names of those have been taken into custody were withheld, it said.

    However, the sources told that they have recovered some CDs anddocuments, but declined to provide details, saying, "we are probing the matter and for certain reason do not want to disclose the detail."

    After the collapse of Afghan Taliban regime in 2001, Pakistan has captured more than 500 al-Qaeda suspects and most of them wereshifted to the United States. Enditem

    

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