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MAZAR-E-SHARIF, Afghanistan, Nov. 11 (Xinhua) -- Police on Saturday raided a gambling house in Mazar-e-Sharif city, capital of Afghanistan's northern Balkh province, killing a gambler and arresting 65 others, said a police statement released on Sunday.
The police personnel, according to the statement, raided the gambling home in Darwaza Shadian area of Mazar-e-Sharif city late Saturday night and after gunning down its ringleader, the police rounded up 65 more gamblers for investigation.
Gambling, like poppy cultivation and drug business, is illegal in Afghanistan. But the practice of testing chance for wining money goes operational with police connivance in many parts of the insurgnecy-hit country, locals said.
