Islamic State sympathiser from Kerala deported by Afghanistan, says NIA

September 19, 2018 21:56

In a first, Afghanistan has deported an alleged IS sympathiser from Kerala, Nashidul Hamzafar, who along with 14 other youths had gone to join the terror organisation, officials said.

They said he was taken into custody by the National Investigation Agency on arrival from Kabul.

"Nashidul was detained by Afghan security agencies last year for illegally entering the country to join his associates in proscribed terrorist organisation IS/Daesh," the agency's spokesperson said in a statement.

It is the first extradition of alleged IS sympathiser from Afghanistan, the officials said.

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