Major al-Qaida operative captured by Pakistanis

ISLAMABAD — A French national suspected of being a key al-Qaida operative and having ties to a mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks has been captured by Pakistani security forces, a senior Pakistani security official said Wednesday. Naamen Meziche was seized outside the southwestern city of Quetta in the volatile province of Baluchistan, which borders Afghanistan and Iran, said the security