Afghan police reported held by PLO on break-ins
January 22, 1981
Islamabad, Pakistan
A group of Afghan police was held captive by representatives of the Palestine Liberation Organization after two policemen were caught breaking into a PLO leader's house in Kabul, Afghanistan, earlier this monthis month, Western diplomats in Afghanistan reported. According to dispatches, the PLO extracted written and taped confessions from the group admitt ing to break-ins in the Afghan capital during curfew.