By IRNA,
Islamabad : Afghan authorities have arrested two Pakistani nationals who had been working in a hotel Kabul, a rights groups said Saturday.
Two Pakistani men — Syed Furqan Shah and Mohammad Inam Ullah — were working at the 5 star Safi Landmark Hotel in Kabul when Afghan Security Police arrested them earlier this month, Chairman Ansar Burney Trust, Mr. Ansar Burney said.
Ansar Burney said no reason for their arrest was provided, except that they were Pakistani nationals and looked suspicious.
Ansar Burney said the men working as General Manager and Manager of the hotel were arrested on July 2nd.
Mr. Burney said he has written to the Afghan President Hamid Karzai, demanding that the Afghan Government provide a list of all Pakistanis being held in Afghanistan; while the Trust has sought permission from the United States and Afghan Governments to be allowed Ansar Burney Trust team to visit Bagram Prison in search of missing and illegally detained Pakistanis and other nationals.
According to the Ansar Burney Trust, dozens of Pakistani nationals and other foreign prisoners have been arrested and imprisoned illegally in Afghanistan without ever committing a crime, only because of their Pakistani or other nationality.
On Saturday, Ansar Burney wrote once again to the Afghan Embassy in Islamabad demanding that reasons for the arrest of these two Pakistanis be provided, along with a list of all Pakistanis being held in Afghan Prisons.
Mr. Burney in his letter stated that unless this information was provided, he would raise this issue of illegal arrest and detention of persons based on their nationality at the international platforms.