KABUL: National Directorate of Security (NDS) has claimed that it is holding an Afghan-American translator, Zakrya Kandahari, on suspicion of torturing and killing many civilians while working for US Special Forces.
He was working as a translator for American Special Forces in Nerkh district of Wardak, was arrested
Three guns, a laptop and several fake documents were found in his possession during the raid in the southern city of Kandahar, the Afghan agency reported.
Wardak provincial spokesman Attaullah Khogyani told AFP “Kandahari was in Wardak in 2012, he is accused of torturing and even murdering people while working as translator with US Special Forces,”.
Afghan investigators believe Kandahari had duties beyond his official role as an interpreter, and had decided who should be detained for questioning, The New York reported.
Afghan President Hamid Karzai has asked US troops to leave the Nerkh district of Wardak province an stronghold of Taliban earlier this years.