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| Talibs warn foreigners will be treated as spies |
| 2001-10-28 |
The Taliban government on Saturday warned that foreigners who enter Afghanistan without papers would be treated as spies and would face âserious measuresâ. The warning came in a foreign ministry statement which said an American had been detained in the Boldak area near the Pakistan border. The militia also reported separately that French journalist Michel Peyrard would be tried on espionage charges. In its warning, the ministry highlighted the cases of the unnamed American, the French journalist and Japanese national Daigen Yanagida who was also detained last week. It is the first time the Taliban has mentioned the US national who it said was arrested near the Chaman border-crossing with Pakistan in the south of the country. The ministry said that from now, foreigners found without papers âwill be considered an act against our sovereignty and not toleratedâ. It said âserious measuresâ would be taken. |
| Posted by:Fred Pruitt |