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Two Women Among 11 Arrested for Smuggling Drugs in Afghanistan
Afghan Counter Narcotics Police forces have arrested 11 people including two women within past seven days for smuggling of drugs from different parts of the country, the Criminal Justice Task Force (CJTF) reported today.
According to a statement issued by Afghan Criminal Justice Task Force on Wednesday, December 20, the cases of all arrested detainees have been handed over to the center’s special prosecutor office after preliminary investigations.
The statement further added that a man and two women of the 11 detained people were arrested from Hamid Karzai International Airport while they were trying to smuggle more than a thousand Kilo Grams of Heroin to India.
Production and smuggling of drugs is a very big challenge that the country has been struggling with since several years ago. The Criminal Justice Task Force was established around 12 years ago as a key institution to counter it.
The center has the authority to handle different cases of drugs smuggling over than 2 Kilograms Heroin, 10 Kilograms opium, 50 Kilograms Hashish, 50 Kilograms chemical material and over than 50 liters alcoholic drinks.
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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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