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Terror cell leader arrested in Pakistan

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(CNN) -- Authorities arrested a commander of a terror cell in Pakistan and captured dozens of suspected militants as part of an ongoing offensive in the country, military officials said Wednesday.

Security forces arrested Cmdr. Sher Muhammad Qasab during a raid, the Pakistani Army announced.

Qasab was injured while being apprehended.

In other operations, authorities rounded up more than 50 suspected militants in northern Pakistan, the statement said.

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