 Security agencies are looking for information about three Pakistani nationals arrested in Kabul on charges of plotting to kill outgoing US Ambassador Zalmay Khalilzad, a security official said on Tuesday. "We have succeeded in reaching the relatives of one of the arrested Pakistanis and interviewed his father. We are now in a position to know a little about the whole issue," the official, who wished not to be named, told Daily Times.
| This should be good. Want to bet he's pure as the driven snow, innocent as a babe in arms? |
The intelligence agencies met Sareer Khan, the father of arrested Pakistani national Murad Khan, who was charged with plotting to kill the US envoy. Murad Khan moved to Landikotal, a town in Khyber Agency, in search of a labour job recently, his father Sareer told security agencies. "Last Saturday, he went to Torkham and crossed the border without travel documents. He was arrested in Jalalabad and not in the Laghman province," a close relative of Murad Khan told Daily Times. "We suspect he crossed the border seeking employment as many Pakistanis are going to Afghanistan where they can find well-paying jobs as labourers," the relative said. "Our information is he was arrested in Jalalabad. That is for sure," he added.
| So you see, he couldn't have had anything to do with it... |
Murad Khan's father was invited to meet top security officials in Peshawar today (Wednesday), the security official said.
| ... to work out some sort of a story... |
Sareer Khan was a resident of a Peshawar suburb but moved to Mohmand Agency a few months ago. "Murad Khan's father is a farmer and the family has no link with any extremist group," the relative said.
| "So obviously he's not involved..." |
"Murad Khan used to visit his father's home every Sunday but last Sunday (June 19) he did not come because he went to Jalalabad. One can judge by his face that such an innocent man could not have been part of a plot to kill a VVIP in Afghanistan."
| Ahah! The old "lookit dat face!" argument... |
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