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KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - Afghan authorities raided dozens of guesthouses suspected of illegally serving alcohol and arrested 14 people, including five foreigners, in a crackdown on vice in this Islamic country, an official said Tuesday.
The Afghan attorney general and police confiscated about 750 bottles of alcohol from 27 guesthouses during the Monday night crackdown in central Kabul, said Ahmad Sameer Samimi, chief of staff of the attorney general's office.
Samimi said the 14 people were arrested for selling and drinking alcohol — banned under the Afghan constitution but available in shops reserved for foreign troops and civilians as well as licensed restaurants.
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