Afghan border raid targets al-Qaida operative

Pakistani army helicopters have destroyed an insurgent hideout in north-western Pakistan and killed at least seven militants in an attack targeting an Egyptian al-Qaida operative wanted for the 1998 bombings of the US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania.

But it was unclear if Mohsin Musa Matawalli Atwah, 45, was among those killed in last night’s raid in the North Waziristan tribal region village of Naghar Kalai, two senior counter-terrorism officials said.