German agency may have spied on Afghan ministers: report

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Source: AFP

BERLIN (AFP) - Kabul believes Germany's foreign intelligence service may have spied on several Afghan ministers, a newspaper said Saturday, following news the agency illicitly monitored the economy minister's emails.

Besides having spied on emails between minister Mohammad Amin Farhang and a reporter for the German news weekly Der Spiegel, the Afghan government also believes Germany's Federal Intelligence Service (BND) also listened in on Farhang's telephone conversations and may have spied on his colleagues, the regional Mitteldeutsche Zeitung reported.

That half a dozen Afghan ministers speak German may have "facilitated the BND's work," the newspaper wrote.

Der Spiegel reported Thursday Farhang had been the ultimate target of a spying operation that also involved one of its journalists.



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