KHYBER AGENCY: A bid to smuggle a huge cache of narcotics from Afghanistan to Pakistan was foiled by the Khasadar Force when they recovered 231kg hashish and 13kg heroin from a truck at Torkham border, on Wednesday. Torkham Political Tehsildar Shamsul Islam said the Khasadar troops stopped a trailer returning from Kabul for snap checking. During the search, 231kg hashish and 13kg heroin were recovered from the truck, hidden in tyres of the vehicle. One smuggler, identified as Saidal Jan, resident of Jalalabad, Afghanistan, was arrested and put in Landi Kotal lockup for further interrogation, the official said. Veteran journalist passes away: A renowned journalist of Landi Kotal passed away due to heart failure in a private hospital of Peshawar on Tuesday. According to his family, the deceased media person, Takbeer Afridi, 37, had contracted typhoid and was admitted to a private health clinic in Peshawar. Published in Daily Times, December 7th 2017.