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NATO says Afghan and coalition troops have captured an al-Qaida facilitator
who was a former associate of terrorist leader Osama bin Laden.In a statement
Thursday, NATO said the man was captured in the Nahr-e Shahi area of northern
Balkh province, but did not give his name.The coalition said the Pakistan-based
man planned attacks and was a close associate of senior al-Qaida insurgents. He
is also suspected of being with bin Laden in Afghanistan in 2001.NATO says he is
one of several senior al-Qaida and Taliban insurgents captured in Balkh province
this year.
Also Thursday, insurgents attacked a road construction site in the southern
province of Uruzgan, killing two security guards and a police officer.
Provincial spokesman Milad Ahmad Mudasir said a number of the attackers were
also killed in subsequent fighting. |
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发表于 2016-7-10 17:39:14