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| Taliban Shadow Governor Detained as Poisoning Arrests Rise to 15 | |
| 2012-06-07 | |
[Tolo News] Fifteen people, including a deputy shadow Taliban governor and school teachers, were tossed in the slammerDrop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un! by Afghanistan security officials in connection with the recent spate of school poisonings, officials said on Wednesday. Afghanistan's National Directorate of Security (NDS) front man Lutfullah Mashal said that the NDS has proven documents that Taliban gun-hung tough guys were working in cooperation with members of Pakistain's intelligence agency to poison school students in the northern Takhar province.
Book 'im, Mahmoud! by the NDS officials," Mashal said at a presser. Mashal accused Jandullah and Mahazulla fronts and the Taliban for the poisonings, saying that the real motivators behind these terrorist groups to commit such "inhuman acts" were the regional spy agencies. "Because Taliban will have less credibility in the face of society, they don't claim responsibility, but we have proven documents showing this is the job of the thugs. Jandullah and Mahazullah fronts and Taliban group are behind these poisonings," Mashal told news hounds in a presser today. "Their aim is to promote fear among the people of Afghanistan; their main motivators are regional spy agencies." The Taliban released an official statement on Wednesday responding to the claims, saying they were not responsible. It is the second statement the group has made in as many weeks. They threatened to punish any of their people found poisoning school students. According to Mashal, two school girls are also among those set to sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock, in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock Keep yer hands where we can see 'em, if yez please! . He claimed one of them received 50,000 Afs from the Taliban to poison the water in her school. Officials at the Ministry of Education said that they will not surrender to the aims of the gun-hung tough guys and will continue their efforts to provide quality education for girls all over the country, particularly Takhar. "The enemies of this country are trying to lead this country into darkness. We will take the candle of education in our hands and carry it all over the country," one official said. Takhar schools have reported at least six cases of poisonings affecting hundreds of students since the middle of April. Two other cases have been reported in Ghazni and Khost province ... across the border from Miranshah, within commuting distance of Haqqani hangouts such as Datta Khel and probably within sight of Mordor. Khost is populated by six different tribes of Pashtuns, the largest probably being the Khostwal, from which it takes its name... s. | |
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