Al-Qaida fugitive detained by Pakistan

A top al-Qaida leader whose links stretch from Afghan terror training camps to extremist networks operating throughout Europe has been captured in Pakistan, according to a US law enforcement official.

Mustafa Setmarian Nasar, a Syrian who also holds Spanish citizenship, was captured in a November 2005 sting operation in the south-western Pakistani city of Quetta that left one person dead, said the American official.