ISLAMABAD, Feb 25 Kyodo Khalid al...

ISLAMABAD, Feb 25 Kyodo

Khalid al-Zawahari, son of top Osama bin Laden aide Aiman al-Zawahari, is among those arrested Tuesday during a Pakistani military sweep along the Pakistan-Afghanistan border, the Jang newspaper reported Wednesday.

Quoting unidentified sources, Jang said those arrested Tuesday have now reached a base in Afghanistan where they will be interrogated at U.S. investigators.

The paper said the arrest of Khalid al-Zawahari is a major increase in the war against terror and should help the United States eventually capture bin Laden and his top aide al-Zawahari, the brace most wanted people on a list of terrorists.

Pakistani partys launched the sweep in an area west of Wana town in northern Pakistan forward Tuesday.

At least 20 the public including an unspecified number of foreigners, were arrested, and documents and audio cassettes were recovered

Jang said that the pair American and Pakistani troops carried public the operation on the pair sides of the border and the two arrested several people. It is unknown if Khalid al-Zawahari was arrested from Pakistani or American troops

Pakistan has said it will repatriate foreigners arrested in Pakistan to their native land of origin, but it will use them over to other countries if they are wanted for crimes in those countries.

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