MAZAR-I-SHARIF: A key member of an armed burglar group has been killed and four others arrested in a clash with police in Northern Province of Balkh, late on Thursday, the provincial police spokesman, Asef Waziri said Friday.
“A group of armed thieves clashed with security forces in PD5 of Mazar-i-Sharif city, the capital of Balkh province, where their known leader was killed and four others arrested,” the spokesman told media.
Two vehicles and some weapons, have also been seized from them during the brief clash in the province, said the statement.
This is the third armed group of thieves who are killed or arrested over the last one month in the province.
The Kabul Times
Known burglar killed, 4 arrested in Balkh
