VBy News report
JALALABAD: Five pro-government local militiamen were killed in an overnight attack in Afghanistan’s eastern Nangarhar province, local government confirmed Sunday.
A fighting broke out when Taliban militants stormed a security outpost of a pro-government tribal militia group, known as Public Uprising Forces, in Kambo area of Khogiani district at midnight Saturday, the government said in a statement. The outpost was severely damaged as a result of the intense fighting.
PTI Senators chanted slogans such as “Farmers’ murder unacceptable” and “Workers’ murder unacceptable”
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Exemption of sales tax on POL products has made projects to upgrade local refineries economically non-viable
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