GARDEZ (Pajhwok): A majority of the fighters in Taliban ranks in border areas of southeastern Paktia province are foreigners most of them Pakistanis, local officials said on Thursday.
Officials in Janikhel, Dand Patan, Chamkani and Zazi Aryub districts said Pakistanis made a majority of foreign fighters who also included Chechens and others in these districts.
Dand Patan district police chief Mohammad Hafeez told Pajhwok Afghan News militants used to sneak the Pakistani border into various parts of the district for staging stage attacks.
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