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4 butchers arrested for ‘selling’ donkey meat in Balkh

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MAZAR-I-SHARIF (Pajhwok): Police on Wednesday arrested four butchers after being accused of selling donkey’s meat in the Sholgar district of northern Baghlan province.

Balkh police spokesman Sher Jan Durrani told Pajhwok Afghan News the four butchers were arrested in Khwaja Sikandar area of the district.

He said the four men on Wednesday slaughtered a donkey and wanted to sell its meat or consume it themselves.

Durrani said eating donkey’s meat was against Islamic and Afghanistan’s laws and the detainees had . . .

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