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Afghanistan frees 10 Pakistanis held for illegal entry
Afghan authorities released 10 Pakistanis on Wednesday, a day after detaining them for crossing into Afghanistan by mistake, officials said. Pakistani tribal elders and government officials received the 10 men from Afghan officials at Badini, a border crossing along the Afghan-Pakistan border, said Ahsanullah Baloch, a government official. The 10 men were arrested late on Tuesday in a mountainous region where the two countriesÂ’ border is not demarcated, said Abdul Raziq Bugti, spokesman for the Balochistan government. Five of the Pakistanis were off-duty border guards while the other five were civilians from PakistanÂ’s Tarkha area. The men crossed into Afghanistan while cutting fire wood in a mountain forest, Bugti said. Posted by: Fred 2006-12-21 |
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