A security agency has picked up a lower ranking Afghan official, who is the relative of a Peshawar-based Afghan diplomat, for his alleged links to Al Qaeda, and immediately shifted him to Islamabad for interrogation. Afghan national Abdul Hanan, working as clerk in the Peshawar office of the Afghan Ministry of Transportation, was picked up in the Hayatabad Housing Society in a commando-style action by operatives of the security agency on Saturday. Peshawar-based Afghan Consul General Haji Abdul Khaliq condemned the arrest of his cousin and reported the incident to the Foreign Office in Islamabad and the Afghan Foreign Ministry in Kabul, rejecting the charge against him.
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Intelligence sources said Mr Hananâs arrest was followed by âcomplete homeworkâ and âavailability of undeniable evidenceâ against him.
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âHis is a serious case,â sources said. Mr Hananâs arrest is the first of its kind in the war on terror. Sources did not give details of charges against him, but said, âAgencies need to interrogate him.â
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Foreign Office spokesman Masood Khan said it was not in his knowledge that Afghanistan lodged any protest with Pakistan over the arrest of Mr Hanan. âI can tell you tomorrow as today is the weekend,â he told Daily Times by the phone on Sunday. |