Sunday, 03 July – At least seven other Kabul Bank officials including three foreingners have been detained by intelligence officials.
The arrest is followed by two former executives and key Kabul Bank shareholders, Shir Khan Farnod and Khaliullah Ferozi who were held by iNational Directorate of Security (NDS).
The two executives, Mr. Fernod and Ferozi were handed over to the Office of Attorney General after they were arrested late Wednesday.
According to officials, the two former Kabul Bank executives and seven other officials have been detained as part of an investigation after reports surfaced Kabul Bank’s collapse last year where hundreds of millions of dollars had been lost.
According to Deputy Attorney General Rahmatullah Nazari, seven other officials including three indians were arrested on Saturday after the High Office for Anti-Corruption, the governmental body tasked with investigating the scandal, sent a report on the Kabul bank crisis.
Mr. Nazari further added, the detained officials were referred to the Attorney General’s office after they were arrested.
He also said that a number of other officials are likely to be arrested in coming days.
