Pakistan Arrest Six Afghans Over Alleged Spying
Balochistan Home Minister Sarfaraz Bugti
MEP: Pakistani security forces have arrested six Afghans working for the Afghanistan National Directorate of Security, over alleged spying in the country.
Sarfraz Bugti, Baluchistan Home Minister announced Friday that the alleged spies were arrested on charges of terror from the province’s Pishin area.
Bugti claimed the arrested spies were involved in subversive activities in the province, including targeted killings.
Bugti also accused the NDS of working with the Indian spy agency RAW to sneak the agents into the country, disguised as Afghan refugees. The spies were paid around $750 to carry out bombings in Pakistan, and around $2,400 for targeted assassinations.
The detainees identified as Mahboob Khan and Esmatullah are from Helmand province of Afghanistan, Abdullah Shah, Ahmadullah and Noor Ahmad are from Kandahar province and Mohammad Shafe from Persian site of the country.
