Two Afghans killed for ‘spying’

Published November 9, 2008

MIRAMSHAH, Nov 8: Two Afghan nationals were killed on the charges of spying for the US forces in North Waziristan on Saturday.

Sources said that the bullet-riddled bodies were found on the Miramshah-Ghulam Khan road.

They said the two men belonged to Afghanistan’s Khost province.

A note in Pashtu found near the bodies identified the men as Mohammad Saeed Khan and Alam Khan. It accused them of spying against the Mujahideen of Islamic Emirate of Afghanistan.

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