KABUL, Aug 13 (NNN-BNA) – Police have gunned down two armed robbers and arrested three others, in northern Afghanistan’s Kunduz and Balkh provinces, yesterday, officials said today.
In the first incident, which took place in Imam Sahib district of Kunduz province, yesterday morning, police wanted to arrest two armed robbers, but they resisted and were finally killed in a clash with police, a statement by the provincial police office confirmed.
Police also recovered a Kalashnikov assault rifle and 150,000 afghani (around 2,200 U.S. dollars) cash from their possessions.
In similar operations against criminal elements, police arrested three thieves from Balkh provincial capital Mazar-i-Sharif, and discovered more than 3,000 U.S dollars in their possession, provincial police spokesman, Hafiz Mohammad Eisa Wasiq said.– NNN-BNA
