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| 7 Taliban Militants Arrested in Kandahar |
| 2011-03-23 |
| [Tolo News] Seven Talibs were nabbed in the southern Kandahar province on Tuesday, officials said. "A group of 7 Talibs who were planning to carry out Islamic myrmidon attacks during Nowruz celebration in the province were nabbed by the local police," Kandahar Police Chief, Khan Mohammad Mujahid, told TOLOnews. The Orcs and similar vermin were nabbed while they were trying to plant Improvised Explosive Devices in Kandahar city's districts 8 and 10, he added. The bombs seized from the Orcs and similar vermin have been defused. Kandahar police say that the nabbed Orcs and similar vermin had been involved in setting fire to 13 vehicles belonging to the Afghan border forces in the province's district 4. "They have also been behind some other Islamic myrmidon attacks in the province," Mr Mujahid added. Kandahar police forces have tightened security in the province to prevent Islamic myrmidon attacks. |
| Posted by:Fred |