Paktika teenager detained with pistol, hand-grenades

SHARANA (Pajhwok): Police on Saturday detained a 17-year-old boy with a pistol and two hand-grenades in southeastern Paktika province.

Provincial National Directorate of Security chief Col. Nisar Ahmad Abdur Rahimzai told Pajhwok Afghan News the teenager was a resident of Chakan village of Sharana, the provincial capital. He wanted to kill the commander of a police post in Chakan village.

He said a pistol and two grenades had been recovered from the boy who had confessed to his intention of killing the commander.

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