| Three people were arrested in an operation in Swat in which one is suspected for links with Al-Qaeda. Security agencies, Punjab elite force and Swat police in a joint operation launched late Saturday night raided a house in the Tehsil of Matta in Swat and arrested three people there. According to sources one arrested person might have links with al-Qaeda. A suspected militant accused of involvement in two failed assassination attempts on Pakistan's President was arrested near a remote northwestern village Sunday, an official said. The suspect, identified as Omar Rahman, was captured by Pakistan's authorities along with two family members during a raid near Sawat, 180 miles north of Peshawar, said the official to a foreign news agency. Authorities seized assault rifles and bomb-making material from the suspect's home, the official said. |