An intelligence agency has taken into custody four foreigners on charges of supplying Taliban fighting the US-led coalition forces in Afghanistan with food. Two detained foreigners were reported to be Afghans, Abdul Basit and Muhammad Amin, and the remaining two foreignersâ country of origin was not yet ascertained but since they were speaking Uzbek the agency believed them to be Uzbeks.
| That makes sense. You hear somebody speaking English, he's likely to be... ummm... an Englishman. |
They were identified as Abdullah and Abdul Aziz. The foreigners were picked up from a house on Warsak Road early Wednesday morning on the outskirts of Peshawar. However, it was unclear whether the ISI or the newly formed anti-terrorism Special Investigation Group (SIG) led the raid. The intelligence source, on condition of anonymity, said the four foreigners were âunder observationâ for quite a long time. During the raid, a truck loaded with foodstuffs was also impounded. They were taken to Islamabad in the afternoon for interrogation. |