 President Hamid Karzai said he had sacked two "high-ranking" Afghan officials who were spying for foreign countries and warned he would spare no one found indulging in such activity.
| There won't be any word on which foreign countries those might be, of course... |
Karzai, who made the disclosure at a lunch meeting with newly sworn-in parliament members, did not name the dismissed officials nor indicate when he took the action. "Anyone found spying for foreign countries will be revealed and tried. In that regard we dismissed two people who were working in very high-ranking government positions," he told the lawmakers.
| I have my doubts they'll actually be tried. More likely they'll quietly leave the country... |
Karzai said he punished the two officials on the basis of strong evidence. "Even based on minor evidence, anyone found spying for foreign countries will be shown on national television and will be tried," he said. |