2 Arrested in Attempts to Assassinate President
Two Islamic militants have been arrested in Pakistan on suspicion of involvement in two recent assassination attempts against President Pervez Musharraf, officials said. An intelligence official identified the militants as Tunisian Khalifa bin Hussain and his Pakistani host, Adnan Afridi.
They were arrested in a raid on Afridi’s house in a tribal region of North-West Frontier Province bordering Afghanistan.
Officials said security forces had also arrested two more foreign suspects, one an Afghan, after a shootout in the same region.
The intelligence official said Afridi was thought to be a member of Jaish-e-Mohammad, an outlawed militant group.
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