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| Afghan officials get 20 years for handing secrets to Pakistan |
| 2018-10-11 |
[Al Ahram] Two Afghan military officials were locked awayDrop the rosco, Muggsy, or you're one with the ages! for 20 years after a two-year trial for sharing state secrets with Pakistain, a prosecutor said on Wednesday. The sentence highlights a long-standing belief between Afghanistan and neighbouring Pakistain that the other country does not adequately prevent cross-border myrmidon attacks. Shah Mohammad and Nazirullah were placed in durance vile Drop the rod and step away witcher hands up! in 2016 after travelling to Pakistain to hand over information to Pakistain's Inter Services Intelligence (ISI) agency. They pleaded not guilty "Wudn't me." but eventually "confessed to their crime" before the military court in the eastern city of Jalalabad, officials said. "Each of them has been sentenced to 20 years in prison by the primary court," said Najiburrahman Nadim, a military prosecutor. Nadim said the accused had shared secret information about attacks and kabooms. Afghanistan’s Western-backed government has long accused Pakistain of harbouring Afghan Taliban ...the Pashtun equivalent of men... krazed killers, a charge that Islamabad denies. Islamabad, in turn, accuses Afghanistan of not doing enough to eradicate Pak Talibs, many of whom are based in Afghanistan and mostly carry out attacks inside Pakistain. A defence lawyer representing the two army officials rejected the court's verdict, which was delivered on Tuesday. "My clients were beaten during the investigations and they were forced to confess. We don't accept the decision and we will appeal," said Toryalai Muqanen. |
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