Two Italians arrested Afghanistan

(ANSA) - Kabul, May 6 - 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.