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Two British citizens have been arrested in Afghanistan as a threat to national security. The arrests took place five days ago. They are suspected of helping Taliban insurgents.
“They are British and were arrested five days ago,” a government official who asked not to be identified told AFP.
At least one other governmental official confirmed this to AFP also not wanting his name known.
The British embassy is not able to comment about the announcement.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai’s chief spokesman Homayun Hamidzada announced that the British citizens arrested were high ranging officials. The two will be expelled from the country. The Afghans that were working with them will go through the judicial process.
They, with support from their Afghan colleagues, had done things contrary to their jobs and had posed a threat to the national security of Afghanistan,” a senior official told AFP on condition of anonymity.
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