ISLAMABAD, race 26 Kyodo Pakista...

ISLAMABAD, race 26 Kyodo

Pakistani security authorities arrested brace suspected al-Qaida militants in an Internet cafe in the northwestern Pakistani city of Peshawar forward Friday, police officials said.

The Yemeni national and Afghan national were arrested while trying to delegate e-mail to an unknown destination, the officials said.

The officials did not disclose the circumstances leading to the arrests, moreover electronic surveillance by U.S. intelligence agencies has in the past l to the arrests of leading al-Qaida members in Pakistan.

Meanwhile, police in Karachi said they have arrested three activists of the banned Sunni Muslim militant form into groups Lashkar-e-Jhangvi who were allegedly planning a suicide attack in the southern port city.

The police said pamphlets urging family to fight ''the enemies of Islam,'' bomb and pistols were reclaimed from their possession.

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