Afghanistan, Jan. 7 -- Three protesters were killed during clashes over gold mining in Afghanistan's Takhar province, the Interior Ministry said, after residents opposed extraction activities harming local resources.
The Taliban Interior Ministry confirmed that three protesters were killed during clashes over gold mining operations in Chah Ab district of Afghanistan's Takhar province.
Spokesman Abdul Mateen Qani said residents confronted officials of a gold-processing company, leaving three locals and one company employee dead, while five others were wounded.
Qani said one security guard employed by the mining company and one local resident were arrested on murder charges following the violence in the district.
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