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18 militants give up fighting in E. Afghanistan

Xinhua, May 9, 2015 Adjust font size:

A total of 18 militants gave up fighting and handed over their weapons to police in the eastern Nangarhar province with Jalalabad as its capital 120 km east of Kabul on Saturday, head of peace commission in the province, Hajji Malik Nazir said.

"Today 18 dissident brothers who were engaged in anti- government activities in Shinwar district and on Torkham-Jalalabad road over the past few years, laid down arms and gave up fighting, " Nazir said in a ceremony to welcome the former militants.

"With joining these people to peace process, the security will be further improved in Nangarhar province," the official farther said.

Taliban militants fighting the government are yet to make comment.

More than 4,000 militants, according to Afghan officials have given up fighting and joined the government-backed peace process over the past one year, a claim rebuffed by Taliban outfit as baseless. Endi