The top police official in Pakistan’s Baluchistan province said on Friday that two sons of Osama bin Laden were arrested in southwestern Afghanistan in a joint operation involving Pakistani and U.S. forces. American counterterrorism officials disputed the claim. Seven other al-Qaida men were killed in the operation in which Saad and Hamza bin Laden were arrested in the Rabat region, Baluchistan Home Minister Sanaullah Zehri told The Associated Press in a telephone interview. Zeheri, who as home minister is in charge of police, later announced the capture on Pakistani television and to other local and foreign reporters. He said the sons may have been injured in the operation. Saad, believed to be 23 years old and bin Laden’s eldest son, is also on the American most-wanted list and has been said to be a rising star in the terror network. Full Story
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