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ACNP nabs 9 over illegal drug smuggling across Afghanistan
[KhaamaPress] The Ministry of Interior (MoI) says nine people have been arrested in four provinces for drug trafficking.A statement from the Ministry of Interior (MoI) said counter-narcotics police (ACNP) has captured and detained nine people in connection with drug trafficking in four separate operations across the country. A drug processing factory was also discovered and destroyed in the Achin District of Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. province. The smugglers arrested in Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... three, four in Nangarhar, one in Balkh, and one in Daikundi. According to the source, 91 kilograms of hashish,19 kilograms of opium, and some chemicals were seized from the detainees. Despite the insecurity, narcotics and drug smuggling in the country has turned into a huge challenge, and that many young people have gotten addicted to it. Related: Nangarhar: 2021-02-14 Car bomb hits ANP outpost in Kandahar, 12 injured Nangarhar: 2021-02-12 Nangarhar: 5 native UN security guards killed somehow, 2 others kaboomed; 2 more kabooms get 7 civilians Nangarhar: 2021-02-10 22 Talibs toes up in east Nangarhar Related: Achin District: 2020-07-11 Pakistani terrorist among 2 killed in Paktiya province of Afghanistan: MoD Achin District: 2018-07-03 The Valley Boys: How a Lone SF Team is Fighting ISIS in Remote Mountains of AFG Achin District: 2018-01-04 A Tragic Start to 2018: Army Special Forces Soldier Killed in Afghanistan on New Year's Day Posted by: trailing wife 2021-02-17 |
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