From: EurasiaDigest (digest@eurasianet.org)
Date: Wed Feb 15 2006 - 11:28:35 EST
ARRESTED PAKISTANIS SAY THEY PLANNED SUICIDE MISSIONS IN AFGHANISTAN
Four alleged terrorists arrested by security officials in Afghanistan's southern Kandahar Province have provided details of their planned missions upon entering Afghanistan from neighboring Pakistan, Kabul-based Tolu Television reported on 14 February. Two of the arrestees have been identified as Afghans and the other two as Pakistanis. One of the Pakistanis, speaking in Pashto, said that they entered Afghanistan to carry out "suicide attacks." The other man, speaking in Urdu, said that he was impressed by the preaching of religious scholars and an audiotape to wage "jihad against America" as a way to get to heaven. Afghan President Hamid Karzai is traveling to Pakistan on 15 February to discuss, among other matters, the rise in suicide attacks in his country, which most Afghan officials say is linked to Pakistan. AT
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