BBC Monitoring South Asia - Political
Supplied by BBC Worldwide Monitoring (translated from Pashto*)
January 17, 2007 Wednesday
Text of re****t by Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press news agency
Jalalabad, 17 January: The governor of eastern Nangarhar Province
has given details on the arrest of the Taleban spokesman.
Providing further details on the arrest of Taleban Spokesman Dr
Mohammad Hanif, Nangarhar Governor Gol Agha Sherzai told a news
conference in the provincial capital, Jalalabad, today: "The real name
of Dr Mohammad Hanif is Abdol Haq Haqiq. He is a resident of Chaprahar
District of Nangarhar Province.
He was also known there as Mansur." The governor added: "Dr
Mohammad Hanif was arrested on the night of 14/15 January in Rodat
District of Nangarhar Province."
Sherzai said: "Three people, including Dr Hanif, were arrested
after a clash with the government forces. A fourth person who was
wounded in the clash managed to escape."
....
He said: "A biological substance, anthrax, was also seized from
those arrested. They planned to send the substance in envelopes
addressed to government officials...."
*/ Wikipedia explains that Pashto is a language spoken by people living
in western Pakistan and southeastern Afghanistan. Pashto is spoken by
about 28 million people in the western provinces of North-West Frontier
Province, Federally Administered Tribal Areas, and Balochistan of
Pakistan and by over 12 million people in the south, east, west and a
few northern provinces.
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