Afghan Foreign Ministry confirms recovery of body with service card of SP Tahir Khan Dawar

ISLAMABAD: Afghan Ministry of Foreign Affairs on Wednesday informed the Pakistan Embassy in Kabul that a body was found by locals in Dur Baba district of Nangarhar Province, on Tuesday.

The Afghan side has confirmed that the service card of Superintendent of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Police Tahir Khan Dawar has also been recovered with the body, a foreign office statement issued here said.

After its hand over to the local police, the body was brought to Mohmand Dara district and is being transferred to Jalalabad by the Afghan authorities, the statement said and added that the body was yet to be received by the Consul General of Pakistan in Jalalabad. It would be subsequently transferred to Pakistan via Torkham border after completion of necessary formalities.

The Ministry of Foreign Affairs is in close contact with the Afghan Embassy, while the Pakistan Embassy in Kabul is also in touch with the Afghan Foreign Ministry, since last night. Further details in this regard would be shared as and when received, the FO statement said.