The arrests took place in the city of Kandahar, in Uruzgan Province, and at a checkpoint on the road between Kabul and Jalalabad.
Also today, U.S.-led coalition forces said at least three Afghan soldiers were wounded when 11 mortar rounds landed near a coalition base in the southeastern province of Paktika.
And U.S. troops released a group of Arab businessmen who had come to Afghanistan on a hunting trip. The nine Qatari businessmen and their Iranian and Pakistani escorts were detained on 10 December when they crossed the border from Pakistan.
(AP/Reuters)
Also today, U.S.-led coalition forces said at least three Afghan soldiers were wounded when 11 mortar rounds landed near a coalition base in the southeastern province of Paktika.
And U.S. troops released a group of Arab businessmen who had come to Afghanistan on a hunting trip. The nine Qatari businessmen and their Iranian and Pakistani escorts were detained on 10 December when they crossed the border from Pakistan.
(AP/Reuters)
