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5 killed, over 200 injured in criminal activities in Afghanistan
(Xinhua)
Updated: 2009-11-30 23:09
KABUL: Criminal activities have claimed the lives of five people and injured 212 others, over the past five days in Afghanistan, the country's Public Health Ministry said Monday.
Thirty eight people have been injured in the criminal activities in the northeast Takhar province over the past five days, the report further said.
The remaining 58 others, according to the report have been injured in crime-related activities in other parts of the country over the past five days.
Afghan Interior ministry says that the rate of criminal activities has dropped down in comparison to last year.
