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‘Several’ police injured in Kandahar jail scuffle

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KANDAHAR (Pajhwok): Several policemen were injured during a physical clash with hunger striking prisoners inside the central jail in southern Kandahar province on Sunday.

A number of prisoners at the jail in Kandahar City, the provincial capital, have been on hunger strike for the last three days to press for their demands.

Police clashed with the prisoners on the day three of their hunger strike on Sunday. However, the clash and the strike came to an end with mediation of lawmaker Syed Ahmad Selab.

Selab told Pajhwok Afghan News that several prisoners had . . .

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