Taliban release alleged Arab spy

ISLAMABAD (NNI): Afghanistan ruling Taliban have released an Arab spy due to poor health condition, a Taliban spokesman said in Afghan Southern Town of Kandahar on Tuesday.

Ahmed Basem Abu Almubtasim was released few days ago from Kandahar after he was convicted Taliban court on spying secret information to a foreign state, Taliban spokesman Sayyed Tayyab Agha said on phone from Kandahar.

Ahmed Basem Abu Almubtasim, the Jordanian national was arrested near capital Kabul in November last year along with a satellite telephone. He was arrested red handed while communicating information to an Arab intelligence agency and was giving information about Arabs, especially Osama.bin Laden.

According to the spokesman, Mubtasim was convicted but was released on the orders of Taliban Supreme Leader Mullah Omar, as he suffered from depression. He has joined his family in Jordan.