20 killed in Afghan tribal clash

Published September 12, 2003

ISLAMABAD, Sept 11: At least 20 tribals were killed and 40 wounded in a dispute over land in Afghanistan’s Paktia province, a news report said on Thursday.

The Mengal and Totakhel tribes used light and heavy weapons in the clash over a piece of land in the Dum mountains, about 35km east of the provincial capital Gardez, according to the Afghan Islamic Press (AIP) agency.

“After three days, the fighting subsided on Thursday,” a resident of nearby Sayed Karam town told the agency.

The agency reported a similar feud occurred between the Babar and Nasir tribes in Logar province in which two people were reported killed and several others wounded.—dpa

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