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A German national has been arrested with the Taliban in Afghanistan,’s insurgency-racked Helmand province. The Helmand provincial Governor’s spokesman, Omar Zwak, said in Kandahar that a German citizen was taken along with three other suspected Taliban militants on Monday in Gereshk district.
Afghan military also said in a statement that a German national had been detained with other suspects in a joint operation between Afghan Special Forces and the Afghan air force.
Much of opium-rich Helmand in Afghanistan’s south remains controlled or contested by the Taliban who are heavily reliant on the proceeds of drug trafficking to fuel their insurgency.