ISLAMABAD – Pakistani intelligence agencies have reportedly arrested highprofile al-Qaeda operatives in an intelligence-based operation in Karachi.
The UK-based organisation Islamic Theology of Counter-Terrorism (ITCT)reportslinkthatUmar Jalal Kathio, the son-in-law of al-Qaeda chief Ayman al-Zawahiri, wasamong the multiple al-Qaeda operatives arrested from Karachi a few days ago.
Kathio, who also served as Osama bin Laden’s personal bodyguard and driver,has reportedly been shifted to an undisclosed location along with his wife.
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The reported arrests come a day after US President Donald Trump slammedPakistan for what he said ‘doing nothing for the US’ and alleged that thecountry sheltered Al Qaeda leader Osama bin Laden for years.
Trump, in an interview, said that people in Pakistan knew the top terroristleader was living there. “But living in Pakistan right next to the militaryacademy, everybody in Pakistan knew he was there,” he told Fox News.