FBI team arrives in Mansehra

Published February 16, 2003

MANSEHRA, Feb 15: An FBI team accompanied by officials of Pakistani intelligence agencies arrived here on Friday in search of Al Qaeda suspects.

The FBI, sources say, suspects the presence of Al Qaeda elements in the Afghan refugees camps and in the tribal belt of Kala Dhaka.

Sources said the FBI team, which came in two vehicles with red number-plates, met the officials of the intelligence and law enforcement agencies in Mansehra.

Meanwhile, heavy police contingents on Friday raided the refugees camps at Brairi and Shaikhabad on Baidra Road. SSP Syed Ahsan Mahboob said Baidra Road was notorious for thefts and robberies, and raids were conducted to arrest suspects.

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