Foreigners held due to Afghan 'security threat'

Authorities have detained two foreigners accused of posing a threat to Afghanistan's national security, a chief government spokesman said today.

The two were working in Afghanistan and were apprehended by the country's security services.

Government spokesman Humayun Hamidzada said: "(They) have been arrested recently because they posed a threat to Afghanistan's national security.

"They were involved in some activities that were not their jobs."

The nationalities of the detained individuals, the type of work they were conducting and the exact date of their arrest were not released.

Sayed Ansari, a spokesman for the country's intelligence service, said the arrests "happened very recently" and the individuals were being questioned.