A total of 70 Algerians were arrested by Pakistani security agencies between January 2002 and May 2006, according to a study by the Pak Institute of Peace Studies (PIPS). The 70 Algerians were among 1,000 Al-Qaeda suspects. Of them 86 came from Saudi Arabia , 20 from Morocco , 22 from the United Arab Emirates , 11 from Libya , 7 from Kuwait , 20 from Egypt , 28 from Indonesia , 18 from Malaysia , and 36 from the West Asian countries. They also included 18 citizens of Western countries: 5 from the United States, 2 from Australia and 11 from the United Kingdom, said the same study. They also included an unknown number of French and German citizens. More than 300 suspects were arrested in Kohat, Peshawar, Fasialabad, Lahore, Karachi, and Quetta in Pakistan. On the other hand, the study said the Pakistani government has announced the arrests of only 660 Al-Qaeda operatives. According to a senior official at Pakistani interior ministry, the suspects were arrested by virtue of counter-terrorism law that allows police to detain them for a year without charging them.