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Afghan intelligence officer arrested in Chaman for crossing border illegally
[DAWN] An officer of the Afghan intelligence agency was locked awayYou have the right to remain silent... inside Pak territory near Chaman border crossing in Balochistan  ...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it... on Thursday, the interior ministry said. The ministry said the Afghan officer named Rozi Khan -- reportedly a second lieutenant in the intelligence unit of the Afghan army -- was arrested by Fedral Intelligence Agency (FIA) officials in Chaman over charges of crossing the border without possessing any authentic travel documents to enter into Pakistain. The Afghan official was handed over to intelligence agencies by FIA which then shifted him to It further reported that the intelligence agencies are currently interrogating the arrested Afghan officer. Earlier this month, an agent working for the Afghan National Directorate of Security ...the Afghan national intel agency... (NDS) ‐ Afghanistan's premier spy agency ‐ was also arrested from Chaman district by Frontier Corps ...a provincial paramilitary force. Total manpower is about 80,000. They are tasked to help local law enforcement in the maintenance of law and order, and to carry out border patrol and anti-smuggling operations.... The arrest of suspected Afghan intelligence officials comes after forces arrested an Indian agent Kulbushan Jadhav from Balochistan, who Pakistain said was involved in "terror activities" in the province. Law enforcement agencies announced the arrest of Jadhav during an intelligence-based raid in Balochistan's Chaman last month. The Indian Foreign Ministry earlier confirmed the arrested man was a former Indian Navy officer, but the Pak government claimed to have recovered travel documents and multiple fake identities of Jadhav, establishing him as an Indian spy who entered into Balochistan through Iran -- holding a valid Iranian visa. Posted by: Fred 2016-04-29 |
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