Afghan Police Seize Man With Five Remote-Controlled Mines in South

Text of report by private Pakistan-based Afghan Islamic Press news agency

Kabul, 5 April: A person has been arrested with five remote- controlled mines [in southern Afghanistan].

A statement by the Interior Ministry press office says the police yesterday arrested a “terrorist” along with five mines on the Kandahar-Herat highway in the Greshk District of Helmand Province.

The statement says the arrested person had been carrying the mines in a corolla car when identified and arrested.

Greshk is one of the most restive districts of Helmand Province where explosions and clashes between the Taleban and the coalition forces mostly take place.

Originally published by Afghan Islamic Press news agency, Peshawar, in Pashto 0556 5 Apr 08.

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