 Six foreigners were arrested on Thursday in the Makeen area of South Waziristan Agency while five Pakistani soldiers were wounded, four of them seriously, when their vehicle overturned near the Dargai area. It was not clear whether the arrested foreigners were militants or were linked to Al Qaeda. Pakistan Army spokesman Maj Gen Shaukat Sultan told Daily Times that the suspects could only be charged after their interrogation. A peace committee in Makeen tipped the security forces off about the foreigners' presence. Two of them were caught from Makeen Bazaar while the others tried escaping, only to be captured after several minutes. He said the nationality of the foreigners had not been determined yet. However, he said they looked Afghan. Their nationalities would be known after their interrogation, he added. Security forces also seized Pakistani, Afghan and US currency from the foreigners. |