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NATO troops raid Afghan official's house, 1 woman dead
Dec 17, 2011, 10:12 GMT
Kabul - NATO-led forces raided a house of a counternarcotics official in south-eastern Afghanistan, detaining the director and killing a woman, a statement said Saturday.
Coalition force raided the house of a Dr Hafizullah (no first name provided), director of the counternarcotics department of Paktia province Saturday morning, detaining him along with his two sons, a statement of the provincial governor office said.
The house was raided by NATO-led forces in Gardiz, the provincial capital of Paktia, at 1 am (2030 GMT Friday), it said. 'Hafizullah, along his two sons, have arrested by the combined forces.'
The statement also said that a female member of the family was killed, while three other family members were wounded in the raid, conducted in Bala Da area of the city.
Coalition forces' night raids have been a sensitive issue between Afghan President Hamid Karzai and his Western backers. The Afghan government claims that night raids cause civilians causalities, but NATO says they are one of the most effective ways of targeting Taliban-led insurgents.
A NATO military spokesman said that Afghan and coalition security forces had arrested a leader of the Haqqani network during an operation. 'The incident is being investigated right now.'
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