It has been a bad week for the aQ:
http://www.paktribune.com/news/index.php?id=68913
3 Al Qaeda men arrested in SWA
Sunday June 27, 2004 (0320 PST)
WANA, June 27 (Online): Security Forces in South Waziristan Agency (SWA) on Sunday arrested a leading member of Al Qaeda, Commander Mohammad Nazir along with two of his associates .
The arrest was made when Commander Nazir along with his associates was coming to Wana from Angoor Ada, Frontier Constabulary men at Zalai Check post intercepted him and recovered arms and ammunition from them .
When Online contacted Assistant Political Agent Khan Baksh he denied revealing any detail about the arrest .
However, the relatives of Mohammad Nazir confirmed that he was an important Al Qaeda commander in the area .
Commander Nazir is not among the list of five men wanted by the government but his arrest is termed an important blow to Al Qaeda network in the area .
In the meantime, Governor NWFP Lt Gen (Retd) Syed Iftikhar Hussein Shah and forty member delegation of tribal elders of Ahmedzai Wazir tribe after reaching a resolve has relaxed sanctions in tribal belt for ten days staring today (Monday) .
Under the decision Wana fruit market will be open for ten days as well but the inhabitants of the area have demanded a further extension in relaxation period saying that the fruit and vegetable season continues for three months and ten days relaxation will not affect their already damaged business .
These sanctions were imposed in SWA during the military crackdown aimed to hunt down foreign miscreants hiding in tribal area .
This article is from June 25, but is included as it gives some names and places:
http://www.hipakistan.com/en/detail.php?newsId=en68750&F_catID=&f_type=source
Security beefed up in Khyber Agency
JAMRUD: Amid rumours of Wana fallout, security has been beefed up in the Khyber tribal agency, bordering Afghanistan, on the directives of the Federal Government where local security forces constituted mobile teams for day-night checking on various routes.
Official sources told The News that the federal government felt the need for strengthening security in the strategically important tribal agency after recent terrorist acts in different parts of the country by so far unidentified terrorists.
Officials said there were special instructions from the government for enhancing security in the remote Tirah valley of the agency bordering Afghanistan?s Nangarhar province.
Special security measures could be seen in the form of several mobile squads at many places in three tehsils of Khyber agency including, Jamrud, Bara and Landi Kotal.
"There have been special security measures on direct routes between Pakistan and Afghanistan in the agency," said an official who declined to be named.
Local security forces, Khasadar Force and militia have been mobilized to keep vigil and ensure law and order.
AP adds: Tribal elders in Wana vowed Friday to hunt al-Qaeda suspects, an official said.
About 500 Mahsud tribesmen made the pledge in a meeting in Sarwakai, a small town in South Waziristan region, where hundreds of Arab, Central Asian and Afghan Islamic militants are believed to be hiding.
Brig (retd) Mahmood Shah, the chief of security for the tribal region, said Mahsud tribesmen pledged to track down foreigners and their local supporters in their territory, which lies easat of Wana, to stop them from hiding there.