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Two Suspects Arrested In Herat On Spying Charges
[ToloNews] Herat...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... governor’s front man said the suspects were arrested in different operations over the past year. The Afghan cops arrested two suspects on charges of spying for regional countries, local officials said on Saturday. By this arrest, the provincial governor’s front man Jailani Farhad, said the number of those arrested on spying charges reached eight over the past year. The suspects were arrested from different parts of the province, including the central city, Herat, he said. "The suspects have confessed to their ’crimes’," Jailani added. Herat residents welcomed the move and said that working against Afghanistan’s interests should be counted as a crime. "Those who spy and provide government’s confidential information to other countries should be treated the same as those who are fighting against our security forces on the battlefields," said Najib Marzban, a Herat resident. "Such people should be punished in order to be a lesson for others," said Mirwais Omari, a Herat resident. Posted by: trailing wife 2019-07-28 |
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