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Taliban attack on two Afghan cities fail
Military operations of the Pakistani Taliban forces in the cities of Nobahar and Shangi failed on Sunday due to strong resistance of the security forces of the Afghan central government. The Spokesman of the Afghan Foreign Ministry Omar Samad told IRNA that the remaining forces of the Pakistani Taliban group and the terrorist group of al-Qaeda attacked the two cities, in Zabul province, in order to occupy them. Quoting the provincial security sources, he said the Pakistanis Taliban and al-Qaeda forces staged an operation on Sunday morning and were forced to face defeat after few hours. He further denied claims made by the Pakistani Taliban group that its forces have occupied the two cities. The Afghan Zabul province is located on Iran-Pakistan-Afghanistan joint border.
Prepared the press release before they attacked, did they?
Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2003-04-07 |
