BEIJING, Aug. 9 (Xinhuanet) -- A senior operative in Osama bin Laden 's terror network, who trained thousands of militants for combat, has been captured in the United Arab Emirates and turned over to Pakistan.

    

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Reports said the man, Qari Saifullah Akhtar, was secretly flown to the eastern city of Lahore, where he was being interrogated. CRIENGLISH.com reported Monday.

    Akhtar used to run a vast terror camp in Afghanistan. The camp trained 3,500 men in combat skills, including assassination and kidnapping.

    Akhtar disappeared in the hours before the United States started bombing Afghanistan in October 2001 and had not been heard from since.

    Pakistan, a key ally of the United States in its war on terror, has arrested about 20 al-Qaida suspects in less than a month, including a top figure sought by the United States.

    (CRIENGLISH.com)