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PUL-I-KHUMRI (PAN and local officials said on Saturday.
The operation was launched in pursuit of a Taliban-led force said in a statement. Four suspected militants were detained, it added.
A security official, speaking on condition of anonymity, said the operation was conducted in Qushlaq Kandariha area. However, he was unable to say whether the detainees had any links to the Taliban. He said the men were being interrogated.
But provincial council deputy head, Asadullah Shahbaz, said the detainees had no ties to the militants. One of the arrested men was a tribal elder’s brother, he claimed.
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