<p style="text-align: justify;">CHARIKAR (Pajhwok): Five individuals have been arrested for illegally digging at an archaeological site Hofian Sharif hill to steel historical artifacts in central Parwan province, an official said on Wednesday.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">Police spokesman Faz Al-Rahim Meskinyar told Pajhwok Afghan News these people were detained today.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">He said: “The arrested suspects were secretly digging an underground tunnel 15 meters deep and nearly 100 meters long from inside a courtyard, intending to extract and loot historical artifacts, but they were stopped by security forces”.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">He did not specify what exactly these historical monuments were, but he explained that the Hofian Sharif area was more than 3,000 years old and dated back to the Greek era.</p>
<p style="text-align: justify;">The detainees have confessed to their crimes and their dossiers have been prepared for further investigation and would be referred to judicial organs after the investigations are completed.</p>
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