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| Afghan interior ministry employee sought in NATO killings |
| 2012-02-26 |
| Afghanistan's interior ministry has said one of its own employees is suspected in the killing of two senior American NATO officers inside the ministry. Officials had earlier named police intelligence officer Abdul Saboor from Parwan province as the primary suspect behind Saturday's attack. The suspect, if guilty, would have been the ideal assassin. He was a trusted insider. He worked in the interior ministry, had access to top security intelligence briefings and also had a walkie-talkie on a secure channel. He would have known the most highly sensitive information within the ministry. According to officials, he even knew those who were killed on Saturday. The interior ministry said in a statement, "An employee has been identified as a suspect and he has now fled. The interior ministry is trying to arrest the suspected individual." The ministry did not give a name, but other officials said Saboor, 25, was the suspect. He had served in several Afghan ministries and had worked at the interior ministry for some time, with responsibilities for security arrangements and access to top level intelligence briefings and secure radio communication channels. His family home in the Salang valley area of Parwan province was raided overnight and his relatives in Kabul detained. |
| Posted by:ryuge |