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| Afghans arrested in Pakistan over deadly Peshawar school attack |
| 2014-12-29 |
| [Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Pakistani security forces have arrested a number of the Afghan nationals over deadly Peshawar school attack that left over 140 people dead. According to a local media report, the Afghan nationals were working in the canteen of the army-run school where the Taliban militants launched a coordinated attack on 16th December. The report further added that the Afghan nationals were accused of providing the terrorists information about the Army Public School over phone as their mobile call data records established their links with the militants. No further details were regarding the exact number of detained Afghans and their identities. The Chief Minister of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan also said Saturday that Peshawar school massacre probe has been extended to Afghanistan as Pakistani security forces arrested accomplices and facilitators of the Taliban attackers. This comes as at least 41 Afghan nationals were arrested by Pakistani police from Peshawar on Friday for illegally living in the city. The crackdown on Afghan refugees omes as the federal government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had set a month deadline for the expulsion of Afghan refugees following the deadly attack. The provincial government spokesman Mushtaq Ghani had said that the government can no longer afford refugees, insisting that the “time has come for the federal government to take practical steps for the repatriation of the refugees.” Pakistan’s Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran backed the demand of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) government to the federal government to expel the Afghan refugees illegally staying in the province. |
| Posted by:Fred |