Police arrest 9 drug sellers in Afghan provinces

KABUL, July 5 (Xinhua) -- Afghan police have arrested nine people charged with selling narcotics and illicit drugs in four provinces, the Ministry of Interior said on Tuesday.

"Nine suspected drug sellers were arrested in Kabul, Kunduz, Sari Pul, and Nimroz provinces over the past couple of days," the ministry said on social media.

According to the ministry, the suspects were taken to concerned departments for screening and possible legal process.

Afghanistan's Taliban-led caretaker government has vowed to fight against poppy cultivation and opium trade in the war-torn country.

There are reportedly around 3 million drug addicts in Afghanistan.