Kabul, Mar 22 : A specially trained unit of Afghanistan Police conducted a nearly perfect ambush of a drug dealer on the road between Kabul and the eastern city of Jalalabad, but were surprised to find a signed letter of protection from their boss.

Officers surrounded Sayyed Jan’s vehicle so quickly that his two bodyguards never had a chance to fire their weapons, and he was caught moving at least 183 kilograms of pure heroin, Globe and Mail reported.

But the counter narcotics Police of Afghanistan realized they had a problem when they discovered that Jan’s powerful friends included their own boss.

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Kabul - An Afghan member of parliament, a local police commander and three bodyguards were killed in a roadside bomb explosion in southern province of Helmand on Thursday, officials said.

"Amer Dad Mohammad Khan, a member of parliament, and Abdul Samad Khaksar, a local police commander were killed when a roadside bomb blew up their vehicle today," said Daoud Ahmadi, a spokesman for the provincial governor of Helmand.

He said the blast also caused several other casualties , but could not provide any exact figures.

However, Wali Khan Sabari, another Helmand lawmaker said that the bomb also killed three bodyguards.

Kabul (Afghanistan), Mar. 19 : The Government of Afghanistan has reportedly opened preliminary negotiations with the country''s most dangerous rebel faction, the Al Qaeda-linked Haqqani network, which has been accused of masterminding some of the most brazen attacks in recent years.

Kabul, Mar 19: Last month’s attack on government buildings in Kabul were planned and directed from Pakistan and Afghanistan’s intelligence agency has arrested seven people in connection with it.

The attackers were in telephone contact with a Pakistan-based ringleader during the simultaneous attacks on the Justice Ministry, Prisons Directorate and Education Ministry, said Afghanistan’s intelligence agency spokesman Saeed Ansary.

Kabul - President Hamid Karzai said Wednesday that Afghanistan was no puppet state and warned the international community to stay away from its internal affairs as the country faces a political crisis due to a postponement of presidential polls.

"The Afghan nation is now the owner of its soil and no one can interfere in that," Karzai told reporters in a joint press conference with visiting NATO Secretary General Jaap de Hoop Scheffer.