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"Mastermind in Afghanistan"

ISLAMABAD: Pakistan has told the U.S. military that an Arab Al-Qaeda operative who masterminded the London jetliner terror plot is hiding in mountainous terrain in north-eastern Afghanistan, an intelligence official said on Friday.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity due to the sensitive nature of the investigation, said the Al-Qaeda member is believed to be moving between Afghanistan's Nuristan and Kunar provinces, which border Pakistan.

The information was obtained by interrogators questioning a British suspect in the plot to blow up trans-Atlantic passenger planes, Rashid Rauf, who was arrested in eastern Pakistan and is regarded as a key figure in the foiled plot. — AP

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