| Seventeen Afghans and one Turk have been arrested at the Pak-Afghan border near Miran Shah while crossing into Pakistan. 112 captured Pakistani jihadis kicked out of Afghanistan by the forces of Haji Abdul Qadeer in the eastern Nangarhar province were arrested by Pakistani authorities. 31 Arabs, all Yemenis — the largest known group yet to escape from Tora Bora — were arrested as they tried to enter Pakistan. They were unarmed and uninjured. They will join 95 al-Qaeda previously arrested in Pakistan fleeing Tora Bora. The arrested Al-Qaeda fighters included 30 Saudi nationals, 10 Malaysians, six Singaporeans, six Yemenis, five South Africans, four Turks, five Britons, two Albanians, two Jordanians, two Sudanese, three Swiss, three French and one Dutch. |