Thursday, January 27, 2011

Afghanistan: German-Afghan in U.S. custody Militrgefngnis

U.S. troops in Afghanistan have arrested a German student. He was reportedly taken to a military prison, is apparently under suspicion of terrorism. The family in Frankfurt, dismisses the accusations against him - and criticized German authorities. Berlin - The access was apparently in the middle of the night: The student Haddid N., 23 years old, was arrested in early January in Afghanistan by U.S. troops.


The Foreign Office confirmed Tuesday night in the corresponding report in the Sueddeutsche Zeitung. The man was currently in the custody of the Americans. The federal government intensify efforts to ensure access to the German nationals, said a ministry spokesman in Berlin. The report of the "Süddeutsche Zeitung" was the man, according to the U.S.

military prison in Bagram brought. Haddid N., a German-Afghan from Frankfurt am Main, be on 8 January in Kabul has been the home of his father's arrest, the Journal reported in its Wednesday edition. Unclear whether what is alleged the man. Reasons for the arrest were not known to the families in Frankfurt.

Obviously he stands but a terrorist suspect. The family accuses the German security authorities, the report says, to have provided false information about the young man to Afghanistan and so responsible for his arrest. The authorities had forwarded the U.S., "inaccurate information about alleged criminal activities", cited the "Sueddeutsche Zeitung" the sister of the detainee, a Frankfurt lawyer.

The Federal Criminal Police in Wiesbaden disagreed with this view, however, according to the paper. The Frankfurt prosecutor suspected Haddid N. Two years ago, therefore, he would be trained in a terrorist camp in Pakistan. An investigation against him had been set but the i 2010, because of the suspicion has not been substantiated.

A month later he had recovered his passport. In November was Haddid N. with a friend, a brother flew to Dubai in December he traveled on to Kabul. The nurse insisted to the "Sueddeutsche Zeitung" that he has only want to attend his father. In early January, the Frankfurt police have registered with her, three days later Haddid N. was been arrested.

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