London: DHL said today it was cooperating with the probe into the killing of two senior employees in Kabul, as a report suggested the Afghan authorities were investigating possible links to heroin smuggling.
The South African head and British deputy head of the international shipping company's Afghanistan branch, Jason Bresler and David Giles, were killed by their guard outside their office on Saturday. The guard then shot himself dead.
The Financial Times newspaper reported security officials as saying it was possible the killings were linked to traffickers angry at their efforts to prevent DHL being used to smuggle heroin out of Afghanistan.
"DHL is fully cooperating with authorities investigating the incident," a DHL spokeswoman told AFP. "The DHL offices in Kabul have been closed as a security measure while investigations are taking place and will remain so until the investigation has been concluded. In order not to hinder the investigation, no further information can be released at this time."
The spokeswoman could not comment on the FT report. "Investigations into the incident are underway and... therefore we cannot comment or speculate any further on the incident that took place."
The FT said Bresler had personally overseen the disposal of nearly three kilograms of heroin sewn into a quilt inside one parcel.
