Pakistan says it arrested al-Qaida leader who was close aide to Osama bin Laden

FILE - Police officers check a vehicle in Faisalabad, Jan. 15, 2019. Pakistan counterterrorism police have arrested an al-Qaida leader and close aide to Osama bin Laden after a yearslong manhunt, officials said July 19, 2024.

Pakistan counterterrorism police have arrested an al-Qaida leader who was a close aide to Osama bin Laden, the mastermind of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks in the United States, officials said Friday.