Police arrested four Afghans on the Indus Highway on Monday for suspicion of having links with Taliban militants, security officials said. “They are suspected of having links to the Taliban. We are investigating their links,” the officials said on condition of anonymity. The four were arrested 15 kilometres south of Peshawar on the Indus Highway, the officials said. The suspects were armed with grenades and Kalashnikovs, but could not use them “due to the swift action by police commandos of the CID (Crimes Investigation Department),” witnesses said. Around two dozen police commandos surrounded a white car carrying the four after they refused to heed a police signal to stop, the witnesses said. “They (police) broke the tinted glass of the car as the men had locked themselves inside.” Two of the arrested suspects were wearing burqas (veil), the witnesses said.
Online adds: Ten armed men arrested near the Afghan border at Chaman three days ago have been handed over to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). The ten men, residents of Dera Islmail Khan, Tank and Kullachi, were arrested in possession of heavy weapons and ammunition. They have been identified as Saifur Rehman, Suleman, Samiullah, Qamar Zaman, Muhammad Fiaz, Noor Muhammad, Ziaullah, Asmatullah and Abdul Karim. |