Re: American man arrested in Pakistani border region
^ lol turns out hes a Pakistani American from Peshawar.
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Wednesday, October 15, 2008
Javed Aziz Khan
PESHAWAR: The Charsadda police Tuesday released a US national who was briefly held on suspicion while entering Mohmand Agency, a source told The News.
The American consulate in Peshawar expressed ignorance about the arrest or release of any of its national from Charsadda or Mohmand Agency, while the US embassy in Islamabad said that they were in contact with the authorities after media reports to confirm the arrest of any of its nationals.
Charsadda District Police Officer (DPO) Waqif Khan told The News that Jawad Ali was released after a brief interrogation. “He is actually living with his family somewhere on Kohat Road in Peshawar, but has an American passport,” the police district chief said.
The police officer was surprised as to why media was showing keen interest in the arrest of the man that they had held during routine checking. It was learnt that the police arrested the young man, clad in traditional Pakistani dress, on Monday when he was entering tribal Mohmand Agency via Charsadda in a taxi car. Sources said the man told police that he was a student and wanted to enter Mohmand Agency on a study tour.
According to his passport, a police official said, he hails from Florida (US), but is settled in rural Peshawar for the past many years. Foreigners are not allowed without prior permission to travel to tribal areas of the country for security reasons. Every foreigner is supposed to register himself with Special Branch Police on arrival in Peshawar and seek permission of the authorities before entering the troubled tribal regions.