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 ...