Three locals and a company employee are killed and five others are wounded in clashes between residents and employees of a Chinese company contracted for ore washing by the Afghan Ministry of Mining at a gold extraction site in Chah Ab District, Takhar Province, Afghanistan. The company's operations are later suspended pending a probe into the incident.
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