US Citizen Arrested In Mohmand Agency: Police
Tuesday, October 14, 2008 at 3:01 pm
PESHAWAR :Police on Tuesday questioned a man they said was a US national arrested near the Afghan border in the Mohmand Agency.
The man was dressed as a local and was travelling without any travel documents, police said.
“Officers arrested a young American national as he was entering the Mohmand Agency on Monday evening,” local policeman Khurshid Khan told AFP.
“The bearded man was aged 20-25 and wore a traditional Pakistani shalwar kameez. He said he was visiting a friend.”
Police said he told them that he was an American from Florida.
He was taken to Peshawar for questioning as foreigners are required to have a special permit to enter the tribal belt.
The US and Afghan governments say militants use the remote border areas to launch attacks on international coalition troops deployed in Afghanistan.
A spokesman for the US embassy said he was aware of the reports of the arrest but was unable to confirm them.
“Officials at the embassy and at our consulate in Peshawar have notified Pakistani officials of our interest in this matter,” spokesman Lou Fintor told AFP.
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