The security and intelligence committee of Afghanistan’s House of Representatives on Wednesday accused the Afghan government of violating the law when allowing Chinese spies to leave the country without a legal investigation.

Khan Agha Rezayee, a member of the commission,  said that he does not see the possibility that these spies will be go on trial in China despite assurances by the Chinese government.

According to Rezayee, the Presidential Palace swiftly took control of the spies and did not allow the Afghan intelligence agencies to launch an investigation.

“Unfortunately, the Afghan security forces weren’t given the chance to launch an investigation. Only one day after their arrest, the Afghan government intervened, a charter plane came in and took them away,” said Khan Agha Rezayee.

“The spies come and make cells in Kabul. They take control of things and then they get a welcome. This is not acceptable,” said Robina Jalali, a lawmaker.

“Certainly, if the Chinese spies are freed or sent back with respect---this is something that looks like the release of Anas Haqqani and Mali Khan, for which they gained points,” said MP Bilqis Roshan.

The government officials have so far not commented.

This comes a day after Hindustan Times in a report said that the Afghan government has allowed 10 Chinese nationals-- arrested on December 10 for operating a "terror cell" in Kabul--to leave the country. The 10 members of the cell were flown out of the country in a plane arranged by the Chinese government after approval from President Ashraf Ghani, the report said.

“Diplomats and security officials in Kabul, however, confirmed to Hindustan Times that the 10 had been allowed to board a chartered aircraft that flew them out of the country on Saturday after clearance from President Ashraf Ghani,” the Hindustan Times wrote.

The Hindustan Times had reported the detention of the 10 Chinese nationals by Afghanistan’s National Directorate of Security (NDS) on December 25 for being part of a spy ring.

“Afghanistan had offered to pardon the 10 Chinese nationals on the condition that Beijing apologies for deploying the 10 persons--including at least one woman--believed to be linked to China’s spy agency, the Ministry of State Security,” the report said.

NDS chief confirms the arrest

“Regarding the Chinese network, I can confirm for you that, yes, they have been arrested; however, I can't go into the details because of the sensitive nature of the case,” said Ahmad Zia Saraj, the head of the NDS.

Back in December, reports surfaced in the media that the US President Donald Trump received information earlier in December that China sought to pay non-state actors to attack American forces in Afghanistan.

The intelligence, which will be declassified by the Trump administration, was provided to the President in his daily brief on December 17, the official said. NSA Robert O'Brien discussed the information with the President that same day, the official told CNN.

POLITICO also reported that the US National Security Adviser Robert O’Brien briefed President Donald Trump on the unconfirmed allegations on Dec. 17, according to two other senior administration officials. But they stressed that the intelligence, first reported by Axios on Wednesday, is uncorroborated.

In fact, the intelligence is “very thin” — thinner even than reports that Russia offered payments to the Taliban to target US and coalition troops, which were never corroborated, the first senior US official told POLITICO.

Meanwhile, some other politicians said that there is possibility that Ghani ordered the release of the Chinese spies to to earn cooperation from the Chinese government with the Afghan peace process.

“I think this is a cheaper price that we pay for safeguarding our diplomatic ties, I think it is a normal issue,” said Asif Nang, the former governor of Laghman.