Pakistani spy arrested in Afghanistan
IRNA - Islamic Republic News Agency
Islamabad, Dec 20, IRNA
Pakistan-Afghanistan
Afghan security forces have arrested a Pakistani intelligence officer in the east of the country, a presidential spokesman said a day after an army general was arrested for alleged espionage.
According to the Daily Times, the man's arrest on Monday in troubled Kunar province bordering Pakistan comes amid a row between the two countries over Islamabad's alleged efforts to destabilize Afghanistan.
A Pakistani national currently working as an officer for a Pakistan intelligence agency was arrested with convincing documents, Mohammad Karim Rahimi, spokesman for President Hamid Karzai, said.
Rahimi gave no further details about the arrest and said the case was under investigation.
In a separate incident months ago, an employee for Afghanistan's intelligence agency was arrested on charges of spying for Pakistan, Rahimi said.
The intelligence worker was also arrested for the crime of national treason, which is spying for foreigners, said Rahimi.
Officials in Kabul said on Monday that they had arrested an Afghan army general, Khair Mohammad, on similar espionage charges in the past week.
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