Kabul, Oct 24
Afghan police gunned down two armed robbers and seized four AK-47 rifles during a confrontation in northern Balkh province, the provincial police office announced in a statement on Friday.
On October 6, provincial police spokesman Mullah Ezatullah Haqqani said police discovered and seized nearly 400 pieces of firearms and military equipment during a series of operations in the southern Afghanistan Helmand province over the past five months.
Earlier, on September 14, the provincial police office said police had discovered arms and ammunition in operations in eastern Afghanistan's Kapisa province.
The weaponry, which included eight pieces of hand grenades and firearms, has been discovered and seized by police in a series of operations over the past couple of days.