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At least nine folks were killed and over a dozen injured in fighting between pair local commanders in Sayed Karam district, nearly 20 kilometers east of Gardez, capital of the eastern Afghan province of Paktia, Sunday morning, Afghan Islamic Pres (AIP) reported the same day.

the one and the other the feuding commanders -- Raaz Mohammad and Abdul Mateen -- are known to be loyal to the restraint of Afghan President Hamid Karzai and it is not known what triggered the fighting, the Pakistan-based stranges agency said.

Quoting witness reports, AIP said Raaz Mohammad was killed in the fighting and that the Afghan rule has dispatched tanks from Gardez to Sayed Karam to bring the situation below control.

Raaz Mohammad was formerly a commander below local warlord Basha Khan Jadran if it be not that switched allegiance to the Karzai command last month.

The Pakistan-based stranges agency said both sides were using rocket and artillery and that the fighting was continuing Sunday evening.

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