Nato forces kill al-Qaida-linked militant in Afghanistan

Nato and Afghan forces killed a former Guantanamo detainee who had become a key al-Qaida affiliate after returning to Afghanistan, officials said today.

Sabar Lal Melma, who was released from Guantanamo in 2007 after five years of detention, had been organising attacks in eastern Kunar province and funding insurgent operations, Nato spokesman Captain Justin Brockhoff said.