Afghan authorities have arrested a Pakistani man in eastern Afghanistan, accusing him of spying for his country, officials said Sunday. The man, Sayed Wali, was arrested Wednesday by border guards on charges of illegally entering Afghanistan in eastern Nangarhar province, a police official in the regional capital, Jalalabad, said. Wali, an Afridi tribesmen, told investigators he was a former border guard in the Pakistani town of Torkham, the police official said. He was arrested in the Shinwar district near Torkham. Afridis, a Pashtun tribe, live mainly in Pakistani areas near the Afghan border.
Looks like, if the Paks won't close of their side of the border, the Afghans are at least trying to control theirs... |