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 KANDAHAR, Afghanistan (AP) - An estimated 700 foreign fighters are operating in a southern Afghan province where Taliban fighters overran a town earlier this month, the provincial governor said Sunday.
The foreign fighters — from Chechnya, Uzbekistan and Pakistan — are operating in three volatile areas of Helmand province, including Musa Qala, which Taliban fighters have controlled since Feb. 1, Gov. Asadullah Wafa said.
He said the government was conducting negotiations with tribal elders, urging them to pursuade the fighters to leave.
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