Major news from Pakistan this morning: authorities have arrested Zakiur Rehman Lakhvi, the Lashkar-e-Taiba commander whom Indian officials believe directed the Mumbai attacks. Lakhvi allegedly gave orders to the gunmen by phone during their terror spree, which began on November 26 and lasted three days. The New York Times notes, “It appears to be the first time that Pakistan has captured a senior operational figure in Lashkar-e-Taiba, a group that was founded in conjunction with the intelligence agency, Inter-Services Intelligence in the late 1980s to fight a proxy war against India in Kashmir.” India has long sought Lakhvi, whom they believe led attacks on the Mumbai subway in 2006 and against an Indian military base, the Red Fort, in 2002.
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