Arab, two others arrested
GHALLANAI, Aug 11: Law-enforcement personnel arrested three people, including an Arab national, in the Mohmand Agency when they were trying to cross into Afghanistan, officials said.
They claimed the arrested persons were Al Qaeda suspects who were trying to enter Afghanistan through an unfrequented route at the time of their arrest by the border security force.
An official said the Arab national, who belonged to the United Arab Emirates, had been identified as Mohammad Khalid Rashid Ahmad while his two Pakistani friends - Murad and Saif Ali - belonged to Multan. The arrested persons have been handed over to a secret agency in the tribal region for interrogation.
DOCTOR RELEASED: Meanwhile, an intelligence agency released a homoeopath doctor on late Tuesday after a 24-hour detention, Our Peshawar Bureau adds. Sources said Dr Nisar had been detained on Monday night from his residence in Phase-VI of the Hayatabad Township on the suspicion of having links with a militant organization.
Sources close to the family of Dr Nisar said different agencies interrogated the doctor during his detention and he was not allowed to sleep. However, they seid, no links of the doctor with any of the banned militant organizations could be established.
SURRENDER: Political authorities in the South Waziristan Agency asked tribal elders on Wednesday to surrender a militant suspected of harbouring Al Qaeda activists, adds dpa.
Political Agent Asmatullah Gandapur met elders of the Aitmankhel tribe and asked them to hand over Javed Kirmiskhel, a local tribesman Allah Noor told dpa. He said the elders sought 24 hours from authorities to negotiate with Javed Kirmiskhel.