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MoI Urges RS to Strike Opium Factories in Coordination with Police
The Interior Ministry urges NATO mission in Afghanistan to launch attacks against opium factories in coordination with Deputy Ministry of Counter-Narcotics.
The U.S. Army General John Nicholson, a day earlier, at a press conference said that they have conducted strikes in northern Helmand to hit the Taliban “where it hurts, in their narcotics financing.”
The southern province of Helmand suffers heavy fighting and is the single-largest producer of opium.
Opium production in Afghanistan reached record highs this year, up 87 percent on last year, according to the United Nations recent estimations.
Nicholson said the attacks were part of U.S. new policy toward Afghanistan as Washington boosts troop numbers in the country.
“We want these operations [to continue], but we urge the operations should be conducted in coordination with the Deputy Ministry of Counter-Narcotics of the Interior Ministry,” said Najib Danish, the Acting Spokesman for the Interior Ministry.
“We have some information which could be useful and productive in execution of these operations,” he added.
This comes as, according to the U.S. top commander, the Taliban earn $200 million annually from drug trafficking. “They fight so that they can keep profiting from narcotics trade and other criminal activities,” Nicholson said.
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More than 800 Afghan refugees deported from Pakistan in two days
As many as 837 Afghan refugees have been forced to return to their country through Torkham and Spin Boldak crossings in the last two days, officials announced on Saturday.
The Ministry of Refugees and Repatriation said in a statement that 90 families comprising 468 people returned through Torkham crossing.
Another 67 families comprising 369 people returned through Spin Boldak crossing, it said.
The returnees have been introduced to international organizations to receive aid, and the Islamic Emirate has also paid 10,000 Afghanis to each family.
Pakistani government launched the second phase of deporting illegal refugees five days ago.
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Iran executes four Afghan prisoners
Iran executed four Afghan prisoners in Vakliabad Prison in Mashhad on Thursday morning, a human rights group reported.
Haalvsh said that the individuals had been arrested in 1398 over drug-related charges and then sentenced to death by the court.
This organization announced the names of the executed prisoners as Zaman Taheri, Salam Taheri, Gholam Qadir Samani and Ebrahim Noorzahi.
Zaman Taheri and Salam Taheri were brothers.
Iranian officials have not commented about the matter so far.
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Roof collapse kills two in Helmand
Two people were killed after roof of their house collapsed in southern Helmand province on Friday night, officials said.
Abdul Bari Rashid, head of information and culture in Helmand, told Ariana News that the incident occurred in Tajkan village of Gershak district due to heavy rain.
According to him, the dead include a woman and a child. A man was injured in the incident.
This comes as 10 people have died and six others have been injured as a result of the floods in Helmand province in the last one week.
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