JALALABAD (Pajhwok): Afghan Local Police (ALP) commander for Achin district of eastern Nangarhar province, Bilal Pacha, has been sentenced to six years in jail by the provincial appellate court. However, the court acquitted Pacha’s two accused brothers for lack of evidence against them.
Bilal Pacha has been accused of killing and torturing local residents who recently carried out protest demonstrations and blocked the Jalalabad-Torkham highway last month.
However, the protest rally by the Shinwari tribesmen was attacked by a suicide bomber, killing at least 32 and wounding more than 120 on the highway . . .
