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| Senior Afghan Official Accused of Militant Links |
| 2010-02-08 |
| A district administrator in northwestern Afghanistan has been accused of militant links and corruption charges, officials said Monday, the second senior Afghan official to be arrested in the past week. The allegations come amid fears of infiltration and pressure on President Hamid Karzai to crack down on corruption in the ranks. The chief administrator in Bala Murghab, a heavily Taliban influenced area, was detained late Thursday but officials did not disclose the news until after his interrogation. Aminullah, who like many Afghans only goes by one name, was accused of passing sensitive military and intelligence information to militants through a man who worked in his office, according to the chief prosecutor assigned to the case. He also faced corruption charges for allegedly selling government property and cooking oil meant for poor people for personal gain, prosecutor Mohammad Nahim Naziry said. |
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