QUETTA, Nov 14: Bullet-riddled bodies of two Afghan security personnel were found on the outskirts of Chaman, a town on the border with Afghanistan, on Thursday.

“The bodies were found in the mountainous area of Boghara,” Chaman Assistant Commissioner Ismail Ibrahim told Dawn.

The deceased, identified as Mohammad Usman and Faraz Kabuli, belonged to Panjwai village of Afghanistan’s Kandahar province.

According to officials, people of the area informed the administration about the presence of the bodies. Police rushed to the place and shifted the bodies to the District Hospital Chaman for autopsy.

Hospital sources said that both the personnel had been hit in the head and chest. “They suffered multiple bullet wounds which caused their death,” the doctors who carried out post-mortem told the administration.

“The bodies’ condition suggests that they might have been killed two days ago,” they said.

“A hand-written letter was also found with the bodies. It stated that they were Afghan policemen and informer,” Mr Ibrahim said.

The letter said: “We have killed them because they were agents of the Afghan government and any person found working for Afghan forces and government will face the same fate.” It also disclosed the names of the victims. The assistant commissioner said the bodies were in the hospital and no-one had so far contacted the administration to claim them.

It was not known when the Afghan policemen came to Chaman.

A senior official of the Chaman administration said no-one had claimed responsibility for the killing.

A police officer said the Afghan Taliban might be behind the killing because they had claimed responsibility for such incidents in Chaman in the past.