Afghanistan investigating involvement of 5 arrested men in Peshawar school attack: officials

Officials say men were deatined after Pakistan sent a list of suspects to security services in Afghanistan

KABUL: Afghanistan is investigating whether five Pakistani men arrested last week in connection with the Taliban massacre of an army-run school in Peshawar are the ones wanted by Pakistan.

Last week, five men were detained in the neighbouring country a week after Pakistan sent a list of suspects to security services in Afghanistan, said Afghan officials who asked not to be named.



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"We are investigating whether the five detained are the ones wanted by Pakistan," one of the Afghan officials told Reuters.

On December 16, the Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan gunmen stormed into Army Public School in Peshawar killing 150, including 134 children, in the country's bloodiest massacre in years.



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A Pakistani official said another 20-25 people had been detained in Pakistan but some had already been released.

A second Pakistani official said that talks were underway with the government for the transfer of the five prisoners in Afghanistan to Pakistan.