Afghan judge arrested over alleged links to bombing of U.S.

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security company Kabul, Afghanistan, Jan 8, SPA -- Afghan authorities have arresteda judge in connection with a car-bombing in Kabul of a U.S.security company that killed at least 10 people, a seniorofficial said Saturday. Three Americans were among those killed in the Aug. 29blast outside the office of Dyncorp, an American contractorwhich provides bodyguards for President Hamid Karzai andtrains Afghan police. Naqibullah, a preliminary court judge, was detained abouttwo weeks ago after two men accused of organizing thebombing told investigators they had lodged at the judge'shouse in Kabul, Gen. Abdul Fatah, a senior Afghanprosecutor, told The Associated Press. "He is accused of two things. First, he let theterrorists stay in his house. Second, he was aware of theiractivities but didn't inform anyone," Fatah said.--SPA1442 Local Time 1142 GMT www.spa.gov.sa/230870

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