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2 busted for food poisoning scheme
The Afghan security forces arrested two militants before they manage to poison the food of at least 18 policemen belonging to the Afghan Local Police (ALP) forces.Local officials in southeastern Ghazni province said the militants who had infiltrated among the ALP forces wanted to poison the food of the policemen in a check post located in Gilan district. The provincial governor’s spokesman Jawid Salangi confirmed that the militants wanted to kill the policemen late on Thursday night. He said the two suspects have been arrested and are in custody of the security forces for further investigation. The anti-government armed militant groups including the Taliban insurgents have not commented regarding the report so far. Ghazni is among the relatively volatile provinces in southeastern Afghanistan which links the central provinces with the southern parts of the country, including Kandahar and Helmand. Militants belonging to the Taliban group and other insurgent groups are actively operating in a number of its restive districts and often carry out insurgency activities. Posted by: badanov 2016-10-29 |
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