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| Detained Uzbeks are followers of IMU supremo Tahir Yuldashev |
| 2006-02-16 |
| Two supected Uzbek members of Al Qaeda were arrested by Pakistani security forces in a restive tribal region bordering Afghanistan, officials said yesterday. North WaziristanÂ’s political agent, or administrator, Syed Zaheerul Islam, said the suspects were held at a check post by paramilitary troops, after authorities received a tip off. A security official, who did not want to be identified, said the arrested men were suspected of being followers of Uzbek Al Qaeda commander Tahir Yuldashev. Pakistani troops sustained heavy losses when they besieged a compound occupied Yuldashev and a heavily armed band of fighters in South Waziristan in March 2004. Yuldashev, who led the Islamic Movement of Uzbekistan, escaped the siege. |
| Posted by:Dan Darling |