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