Pakistani raid killed senior Al Qaeda figure, official says

Pakistani forces raided a hideout in the small town of Ferozwala a few kilometres outside Lahore.

Lahore, Pakistan – The head of Al Qaeda in Pakistan was among four militants killed in a police raid near the eastern city of Lahore this week, a provincial official said on Wednesday.
Shuja Khanzada, home minister for Punjab province, named the Al Qaeda leader only as “Abdali” in a news conference and said he and three other operatives were planning an attack on government figures.
“Their leader who was giving them the briefings, who was leading the entire team, was the head of Al Qaeda in Pakistan. His name was Abdali,” he told reporters.
Pakistani forces raided a hideout in the small town of Ferozwala a few kilometres outside Lahore.
A huge cache of weapons including AK-47s, rocket launchers and suicide vests and laptops was seized in the raid, police said at the time. 

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