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Swiss paper says former Taliban Defense Minister freed
Zee News ^ | March 11 2007
Posted on 03/11/2007 5:00:35 PM PDT by Dog
A Swiss newspaper claimed on Sunday that the Taliban's former Defense Minister was free two days after his reported capture by Pakistani security forces.
The Swiss weekly Sonntagsblick said one of its reporters spoke to Mullah Obaidullah Akhund on February 28 unhindered in an Islamic School in the southwestern city of Quetta.
Akhund, considered a key ally of fugitive Taliban leader Mullah Omar, was the most senior leader from the hard-line militia to be reported arrested since US-led troops ousted it from power in 2001.
Several Pakistani intelligence officials, speaking on condition of anonymity, said earlier this month that he was among five Taliban suspects arrested on February 26 in a raid on a Quetta home. However, Pakistani government officials at that time did not confirm any arrest publicly, and one senior interior ministry official who handles counterterrorism issues denied a top Taliban figure was captured.
Pakistani officials could not be reached for comment late today on the Swiss newspaper's claim.
Bureau Report
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BBC: Bomber wounds three in Casablanca
BBC ^ | Monday, 12 March 2007, 05:47 GMT | BBC staff
Posted on 03/12/2007 12:02:15 AM PDT by Ernest_at_the_Beach
Bomber wounds three in Casablanca
A suicide bomber has wounded three people in an internet cafe in the Moroccan city of Casablanca.
The attack, which took place on Sunday evening in the Sidi Moumen district of the city, left the bomber dead.
The blast happened after the man began a dispute with the cafe's owner, who refused him access to jihadist sites.
Another man, with the bomber at the time of the blast, fled after the explosion but has now been arrested by police, reports say.
"The man used to come to view jihadist websites and the dispute was prompted by the internet cafe owner's decision to prevent him this time from viewing such propaganda material," one official told Reuters.
Police say it is unclear if the device was detonated by design or went off by accident during the argument between the two men.
One theory is that the man was trying to access websites or email to receive instructions on where to detonate the explosives.
The blast occurred in a slum area of the city that was home to 13 suicide bombers who carried out a series of co-ordinated suicide bombings in 2003 which left 33 people dead.
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