<p dir="ltr">KANDAHAR CITY (Pajhwok): Three insurgents have been killed and six others, including two policemen, wounded during a clash in Khakriz district of southern Kandahar province where 34kgs morphine has also been captured, an official said Monday.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Kandahar police spokesman, Zia Durrani, told Pajhwok Afghan News rebels stormed two check points in Mandigak and Shalghami areas of the Khakriz district simultaneously late on Sunday night.</p>
<p dir="ltr">He said police showed stiff resistance against the hours long firefight that left three rebels dead and three others wounded. Durrani also confirmed wounding of two policemen.</p>
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<p dir="ltr">On the other hand, officials termed the Taliban allegations as baseless.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Elsewhere, police have seized 34 kilograms of morphine in Kandahar city, the provincial capital.</p>
<p dir="ltr">Durrani said, the counter-narcotics department agents discovered the narcotics that were skillfully concealed in a truck in the limits of 14th police district of Kandahar city.</p>
<p dir="ltr">According to him, the drugs had been transferred to Kandahar from eastern Nangarhar province and were destined to be smuggled somewhere else.</p>
<p dir="ltr">There have been no arrests made so far in this regard; however, investigations into the incident have been ongoing, he said.</p>
<p dir="ltr">A day earlier, a person who was smuggling a kilogram of heroin in his belly to India was arrested by police at Kandahar airport.</p>
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