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| Afghanistan: Siddiqui's kid handed over to Pak officials |
| 2008-09-16 |
| (AKI) - The 12-year-old son of a Pakistani woman facing charges in the United States for her alleged links to Al-Qaeda has been handed over to Pakistani officials by Afghan authorities. Muhammad Ahmed has been in custody since July, when his mother, Aafia Siddiqui, was detained outside the governor's house in the central Afghan province of Ghazni. According to the Pakistani government, the Afghan Ministry of Home Affairs handed the boy to Pakistani Ambassador, Asif Durrani, in Kabul on Monday. The boy's mother, Aafia Siddiqui, who is suspected of links to Al-Qaeda militants, was first taken to a US military base and then flown to New York where she faces charges of attempted murder. Siddiqui, 36, is currently facing trial charged with attempting to kill American soldiers and FBI agents in a police station in Afghanistan According to Pakistan's GeoNews one of her three children had already died while there was no information about her daughter and whether she would be handed over to Pakistani officials. Muhammad Ahmed was expected to be sent to Pakistan on the first available flight. |
| Posted by:Fred |