In the Sayed Karam district of Paktia province in the east, coalition forces attacked Taliban militants Monday, said Esmatuallah Alizai, Paktia's provincial police chief.

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The U.S. Treasury Department, armed with evidence provided by the Drug Enforcement Administration, designated Haji Mohammad Jan, Haji Muhammad Rafi Azimi and the New Ansari Money Exchange, along with seven other individuals, as narcotics traffickers, saying they laundered money for the drug organizations of Haji Azizullah Alizai and Haji Juma Khan, who is in the U.S. facing narco-terror charges.

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