*ISLAMABAD – **Pakistan summons Afghan Ambassador and makes big demand overarrested IS Khurasan commander Aslam Farooqi in Kandahar.*
*Pakistan has demanded Afghanistan hand over Islamic State (Khurasan)leader Aslam Farooqi who was arrested in Kandahar on April 4.*
The Foreign Office of Pakistan *saidlink* Thursday that it summoned theAfghan ambassador and expressed concerns over the activities of the IslamicState’s Khurasan chapter in Afghanistan.
“It was underscored to the Ambassador that since Aslam Farooqi was involvedin anti-Pakistan activities in Afghanistan, he should be handed over toPakistan for further investigations,” the FO statement said.
Farooqi, who belongs to Orakzai district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, had tieswith the outlawed Sipah-e-Sahaba and Tehreek-e-Taliban Pakistan beforejoining the IS Khurasan chapter, according to *Independent Urdu.link*
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The militant group has claimed responsibility for several attacks inAfghanistan, including the attack on a Sikh temple in Kabul on March 25that killed at least 25 people.
The Human Rights Watch has urgedlinktheAfghan authorities to bring appropriate war crimes charges against Farooqi.
“Farooqi’s arrest is an opportunity for the Afghan authorities to show thatthey are capable of securing fair justice for victims of war crimes andother atrocities,” said Patricia Gossman, associate Asia director for theHRW.
