He was released after five hours, a militant leader said.

Nazir is the sole remaining major militant leader willing to be an ally, he said.

The flamboyant militant leader was also the group's spokesman.

As Pakistan's Dawn newspaper observes, Pakistani officials are hesitant to declare the militant leader dead.

One militant leader told the panel he had 800 fighters prepared to accept amnesty, Agary said.

Reuters also gained rare access to Myanmar security officials and spoke with a Rohingya militant leader.

Alliance General Daoud Khan claims the Islamic militant leader from Uzbekistan was fatally injured in Mazar-e-Sharif.

A Qaeda-allied militant leader there has denied involvement.

The militant leader also is accused in the 2007 assassination of former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto.

They were moved to an area controlled by militant leader Mangal Bagh and his Taliban-affiliated group, Lashkar-e-Islam.

We have gained more strength and we are more insistent on martyrdom, the Egyptian militant leader said.

Islam4UK has links to Islamist militant leader Omar Bakri Mohammed, who has been banned from entering Britain.

Prison became a frequent destination for the militant leader as his influence and opposition to injustice developed.

The first air strike targeted the home of a local militant leader in the northern town of Jabaliya.

Sept 2007 - Suspected militant leader Henry Okah arrested in Angola, prompting MEND to pull out of talks.

They also put a spotlight back on veteran militant leader Mokhtar Belmokhtar months after he was reported killed.