Naamen Meziche is a French national of Algerian origin. According to Pakistani intelligence, he is a leader of Al-Qaeda and is associated with terrorist groups in Europe.[1]
Pakistani sources say that Meziche had worked closely with Younis al-Mauritani, an Al-Qaeda leader.[1]
Pakistan officials captured Naamen Meziche in a raid near the border with Iran sometime in the middle of June 2012.[2]
Meziche was extradited to France in October 2013.[3]