Pakistan seizes al-Qaida suspects in hide-out

PAKISTANI counter-terrorism experts are questioning 21 suspects captured at an al-Qaida hide-out for clues about remnants of the terror network and the Taliban, an intelligence official said yesterday.

The suspects said to include Afghans were captured during the biggest ever military operation in North Waziristan, a tribal region in North West Frontier Province bordering Afghanistan.

Lt Gen Safdar Hussain, responsible for anti-terrorism operations in north-western Pakistan, yesterday said that troops had destroyed a major al-Qaida hide-out and caught "some important men".