Kabul: At least 12 Taliban militants were killed during clashes with Afghan border protection police forces in Kandahar province of Afghanistan, local officials have said. The head of the border police of the third zone, General Abdul Razaq, was quoted by Afghan online newspaper Khaama Press as saying that the Taliban militants were killed by border police quick reaction forces in Shina Narai area of Arghistan district. General Razaq added that the killed militants were from Pakistan and had entered Afghanistan to attack Afghan security forces. He said the incident took place after Pakistani Taliban militants attacked Afghan border police security check posts from Manzakai check post in Pakistan.
Taliban ban tight men’s clothing
WANA: The Pakistani Taliban have banned tight or see-through clothing for men, threatening to impose a fine and shutter businesses selling the items, traders from the country’s restive tribal belt said yesterday. Shopkeepers in Wana, the main town of South Waziristan tribal district along the Afghan border said the written warning came ahead of the Muslim holy month of Ramadan which began on Thursday in Pakistan. “All such clothes which are of a thin material and which do not properly cover men’s bodies are un-Islamic and against Pashtun culture,” said the pamphlet, distributed in Wana bazaar. It warned that any shopkeeper found selling such items will be charged a fine of 5000 rupees ($50) and will also see his shop closed for at least five days. The pamphlet also warned male residents “not to wear such clothes”.
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