...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
and South Punjab, Omar Abdul Latif (alias Luqman), in Balochistan's Chaghi district near the Pak-Afghan border on Sunday.
Home Minister Balochistan Sarfaraz Bugti while addressing a presser said that acting on a tip off from the always reliable Mahmoud the Weasel, security forces had conducted an operation during which the wife of the al Qaeda Lion of Islam commander was also locked away
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The wife of the dead al Qaeda commander was identified as Taiba alias Freeha Baji. Two children of the alleged Lion of Islam commander were also taken into custody for interrogation.
"Security personnel are interrogating the commander's wife," Bugti said adding that, "The al Qaeda commander had fled from neighboring Afghanistan to Pakistain eight or ten months back."
The Home Minister further said, "Omar Abdul Latif was striving to establish al Qaeda Sub-Continent Center here. Major terror bid has been foiled in Balochistan."
Sarfaraz Bugti said that as part of National Action Plan (NAP), an operation was under way against Lions of Islam and terrorists' organizations in Balochistan.
He added that the situation in the province had now improved as result of successful actions by security forces.
The Home Minister said, "Terrorism would not be tolerated and strict action would be taken against terrorists."
During the past, intelligence agencies have also arrested high profile al Qaeda Death Eaters from Quetta and other parts of Balochistan.
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1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots....
province had offered a reward of two million rupees ($20,000) for Lateef and half a million rupees for his wife, who was head of al-Qaeda's women's wing in south Punjab and Balochistan.
The minister said Lateef had established an al-Qaeda network and was supervising its "terrorist activities and providing travel and logistical facilities to snuffies in both Balochistan and south Punjab as well as in Afghanistan."