Militants set on fire aid agency's office in Afghanistan

Unknown militants set on fire the office of a Swedish funded aid agency in Afghanistan's east central province of Wardak, a state-run newspaper reported Sunday.

"The enemies alighted the office of the Swedish Committee Friday night destroying two rooms," daily Anis quoted provincial police chief General Mahboobullah Amiri as saying.

Blaming the enemies of peace a term used against Taliban fighters for the attack and added police arrested three persons in this regard.

Swedish Committee is one of the oldest non-governmental organizations assisting Afghans in different fields including health, education and agriculture over the past two nearly decades.

Taliban militias have yet to make any comment but the militants have torched some schools on charge of teaching un-Islamic curriculums in the past.

Source: Xinhua