KABUL, JULY 12 :  Afghan security forces have seized 700 kg of illicit drugs in the eastern Paktika province, state-run media Bakhtar News Agency reported on Thursday.
The contraband, which included hashish, was confiscated during a counter-narcotic operation conducted in the vicinity of the province’s Khairkoot district, the source added.
Two people were arrested in connection with the case and their dossiers were referred to the judiciary for further investigation.
Afghan counter-narcotics police aiming to fight illegal drugs have wiped out 1,650 acres of poppy farms in north Afghanistan’s Badakhshan province on Monday.
The Afghan caretaker government has vowed to fight illicit drugs, drug production and trafficking across the country.(UNI)