QUETTA: Security forces have arrested 12 suspects, including four alleged members of Afghanistan’s secret agency National Directorate of Security (NDS) during a search operation conduced in Surkhab area of Pishin district, according to official sources.

They said here on Sunday that the search operation was conducted by Levies personnel in the Surkhab Afghan refugee camp and its adjacent areas on the night between Saturday and Sunday.

“We have arrested four suspected members of NDS and recovered Afghan passports from their possession,” a Levies official said.

He said the arrested people had been shifted to an unspecified location for interrogation.

Published in Dawn, February 5th, 2018

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