LAHORE: Police took into custody eight seminary students, who were to be transported to Afghanistan purportedly for military training, from Sherkot, police claimed on Tuesday.

Nawankot Circle DSP Farhat Abbas and Sherakot SHO Raza Hasan raided a house in Sherakot and found the children, including a girl, aged between eight and 15 years, there.

He said the children were identified as Rafiullh, Ghulam Sakhi, Muhammad Muslim, Sibghatullah, Abdul Majid, Muaz, Abdul Nazir and Fauzia, who had been residing in the area for a month or so.

The spokesman said Muhammad Amin, who was to shift the children to Afghanistan, was also arrested. The facilitator during interrogation said he was taking the children to Afghanistan for military training.

Published in Dawn, April 8th, 2015

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