karachiISLAMABAD: Security forces have arrested a senior Al-Qaeda operative, Muhammad Ali Qasim Yaqub alias Abu Sohaib Al Makki in Karachi, the military said Tuesday.

"According to preliminary investigations, Al Makki is a Yemeni national and has been working directly under Al-Qaeda leaders along Pak-Afghan borders," the military's media wing said. "The arrest of Al Makki is a major development in unravelling the Al-Qaeda network operating in the region," it said.

Copyright AFP (Agence France-Presse), 2011

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