Key al-Qaida, Taliban arrested, killed in Pakistan
A look at the senior al-Qaida and Taliban commanders killed or arrested in Pakistan since the Sept. 11 attacks:
May 2011
— Osama bin Laden, the leader of al-Qaida, was killed in a raid by U.S. Navy Seals in the northwestern city of Abbottabad.
May 2010
— Mustafa al-Yazid, al-Qaida's No. 3 leader and top commander in Afghanistan, was killed in a missile strike in the North Waziristan tribal area near the Afghan border.
February 2010
— Mullah Abdul Ghani Baradar, the Taliban's No. 2 leader and top military commander, was captured in Karachi.
— Mullah Abdul Kabir, the top Taliban commander in eastern Afghanistan, was arrested at an unknown location.
December 2009
— Saleh al-Somali, a top al-Qaida commander responsible for the group's operations outside Pakistan and Afghanistan, was killed in a missile strike.
August 2009
— Baitullah Mehsud, leader of the Pakistani Taliban, was killed in a missile strike in the South Waziristan tribal area near the Afghan border.
January 2009
— Usama al-Kini, a top al-Qaida operative suspected of involvement in the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa, was killed in a missile strike.
Sheikh Ahmed Salim Swedan, a top al-Qaida operative suspected of involvement in the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa, was killed in a missile strike.
October 2008
— Abu Jihad al-Masri, a top al-Qaida operative, was killed in a missile strike in North Waziristan.
September 2008
— Abu Haris, a senior al-Qaida commander who led the group's operations in Pakistan's tribal areas, was killed in a missile strike in North Waziristan.
July 2008
— Abu Khabab al-Masri, a top al-Qaida commander responsible for the group's chemical and biological weapons efforts, was killed in a missile strike in South Waziristan.
January 2008
— Abu Laith al-Libi, a top al-Qaida commander in Afghanistan, was killed in a missile strike in North Waziristan.
December 2005
— Hamza Rabia, a senior al-Qaida commander, was killed in a missile strike in North Waziristan.
May 2005
— Abu Farraj al-Libbi, al-Qaida's No. 3 leader, was detained in northwestern Pakistan.
July 2004
— Ahmed Khalfan Ghailani, an al-Qaida operative suspected in the 1998 bombings of U.S. embassies in East Africa, was arrested after a gunbattle in Gujrat in eastern Pakistan.
June 2004
— Nek Mohammed, a top Taliban commander, was killed in a missile strike in South Waziristan.
March 2003
— Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, the suspected mastermind of the Sept. 11 attacks, was captured in Rawalpindi.
Sept. 2002
— Ramzi Binalshibh, a would-be Sept. 11 hijacker who could not get into the United States, was detained in Karachi.
March 2002
— Abu Zubaydah, al-Qaida's suspected financier, was arrested in Faisalabad.
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