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20 Taleban arrested for plot to blow up Afghan dam
(AFP)
17 September 2005
17 September 2005
KABUL - Afghan and US forces arrested 20 suspected Taleban rebels who were planting bombs at a hydroelectric dam in southern Afghanistan on Saturday, hours before key elections, a defence ministry spokesman said.
A patrol spotted the rebels as they laid the explosives at the Girishk dam in restive Helmand province and they were arrested after an hour-long exchange of fire, ministry spokesman Mohammed Zahir Azimi told AFP.
“Twenty Taleban were arrested today by joint Afghan and coalition forces as they were placing bombs to blow up the dam in Girishk district,” Azimi said, without giving further details.
Officials said the dam was no longer producing power.
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