Two Italian nationals were arrested
Monday evening on suspicion of illegal mining activities in the
central Afghan province of Maidan Wardak, a provincial
government spokesman told ANSA Tuesday.
The men were arrested together with three Afghan citizens
in the district of Jalriz were they had been visiting marble
quarries, Ataullah Khogyani said.
The Italians did not have legal residency papers or work
permits but only their passports.
The men subsequently claimed they had been in contact with
the department of mining, Khogyani said.
However department chief Fazal Bari denied having been
contacted by foreigners.
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