Pakistan seeks APS suspects’ handover

Afghanistan detains five men after Pakistan sent list of suspects to security services


Reuters January 19, 2015
Afghanistan detains five men after Pakistan sent list of suspects to security services. PHOTO: AFP

KABUL:


Islamabad and Kabul are engaged in talks for the handover of five Pakistani men arrested in Afghanistan in connection with last month’s attack on the Army Public School (APS) in Peshawar, a Pakistani official said on Sunday.


The five were detained last week after Pakistan sent a list of suspects to security services in Afghanistan, both Pakistani and Afghan officials told Reuters on condition of anonymity.

“We are investigating whether the five detained are the ones wanted by Pakistan,” one of the Afghan officials said. A second Pakistani official said another 20-25 people had been detained in Pakistan in connection with the grisly massacre, but some had already been released.

More than 150 people, including 134 children, were killed when Taliban opened fire on military-run school.

Taliban gunmen opened fire in the military-run school on December 16, killing more than 150 people, including 134 children, in what was Pakistan’s bloodiest massacre in years. Many of those who died were children of Pakistan Army personnel.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 19th, 2015.

COMMENTS (3)

Burki | 9 years ago | Reply

@Leela4fun at least we didn't make them prime minister of the country or elected them into parliament unlike India where you put that hate monger, mastermind of Gurat massacre Modi your PM. Clean up your own house first before flapping your mouth about Pakistan.

Leela4fun | 9 years ago | Reply

At least Afghanistan has some spine in arresting the suspects and not claiming them to be running charitable organizations or deny their very existence in the country. Maybe Pakistan should be made to provide irrefutable proof that will stand in a court of law/ jirga of Afghanistan.

VIEW MORE COMMENTS
Replying to X

Comments are moderated and generally will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive.

For more information, please see our Comments FAQ