An Afghan governor today showed the media photographs of arrested Taliban spokesman Mohammad Hanif, claiming he had been picked up in a house containing packets of anthrax powder.
Gul Aghar Sherzai, governor of Nangarhar Province, where Hanif was arrested late on January 15, did not say how it had been proven the powder was the deadly anthrax bacteria or what quantity had been found.
Intelligence officials and police did not confirm the discovery of anthrax.
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Background on arrest:
Iraqi National-WNA / Basra Office / Um Qaser side police found yesterday evening 3 launchers and 11 missiles ready for launch.
A source in the Basra governorate police said that the police of Um Qaser found those missiles launchers in the road connecting Al-Zubair district with Umm Qasr area in southern city of Basra, without arresting who sited up the platforms. p>http://www.wna-news.com/inanews/news.php?item.2888.15
Well now, that's an interesting development.