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US troops, Afghan mercenaries arrest 97 in Kandahar
Kandahar Police have arrested 97 suspects and seized 400 different kinds of arms during a grand operation against Taliban and Al-Qaida in Mewand district of Kandahar province about 50 miles off the provincial capital, said Deputy Inspector General of Kandahar Police, Mohammed Anwar while talking to newsmen at Chaman. He said the Allied and Afghan forces had jointly launched a grand operation against Taliban and Al-Qaida in Kandahar and the detainees are thoroughly being interrogated by the US and local officials in jails. Could this be a serious cleanup? Wotta surprise! The arms included rocket launchers, rifles, machine guns, land mines and others. The operation could also be expanded to other areas, he added. He declined to have any information whether there were any Taliban or Al-Qaida officials included in the arrestees or not. Probably mostly cannon fodder. Their relatives are probably on the way to Kandahar now, telling what good boys they are, how they all support the gummint, and how the arms and ammunition are just for hunting elk... Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-08-31 |
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