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Taliban Storm Outposts in Sar-i-Pul, Killing Eight Security Personnel
The Taliban militants have stormed two security outposts in Sayad district of northern Sar-i-Pul province, killing at least eight security personnel and wounding four others, a local official said on Sunday.
The Provincial Council Chief Mohammad Noor Rahmani told Ariana News that the Taliban insurgents attacked the security outposts around 01:00 am on Sunday.
Rahmani said that during the clashes the police chief of Sayyad along with three security forces was wounded.
The official noted that the Taliban have captured an outpost and seize some weapons and a police vehicle.
The official, meanwhile, warned that if the Afghan security forces do not conduct clearance operations against the militants, the provincial capital likely to collapse.
Separately, the Taliban militants stormed a security outpost in Khawaja Ghar district of northern Takhar province today which left four police killed and 11 others injured.
The Taliban have recently increased the scale of attacks on security outposts in northern provinces. On Friday, the armed group stormed an outpost in Sar-e-Pul province, killing at least five security personnel and wounding over a dozen others.
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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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