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Afghan Forces Re-capture Barg-e-Matal District
Autoedited by Rantburg[Tolo News] Afghan security forces recaptured Barg-e-Matal district of the eastern Nuristan province on Sunday night that had come under Taliban control on Saturday night, local officials say That was quick. Afghan Security Forces started their operations on Sunday night and wiped out Taliban bad boyz from the area, said the governor of Nuristan, Jamaluddin Badder. "Yep. They're all dead now." Barg-e-Matal district came under the control of Taliban when a group of 700 Afghan and Pakistaini Taliban hard boys invaded the district of Saturday night. No casualties have been reported in last night's attacks. So they came, they saw, they conquered, they left. And the place hasn't actually been recaptured, it's just been reoccupied until they come back. The governor of Nuristan had told TOLOnews on Sunday that Afghan troops were forced to evacuate the area to prevent civilian casualties, but Taliban put fire to the people's houses after they captured the district. So the civilian casualties thing didn't work so well for the civilians, but it got the Mighty Afghan Army out of the line of fire. President Karzai has ordered to increase the number of police forces in the province to overcome the situation. And King Canute ordered the sea to back off... Taliban have captured Barg-e-Matal district two times in the past two months. Seems like they just get a bunch of turbans together and take it whenever they feel like a little adventure. Then they go home and have gun sex. Meanwhile, five Afghan police were maimed in an attack conducted by Taliban bad boyz in Wygal district of Nuristan province. "My arm! They got me, Mahmoud!" A group of government opposition forces attacked a police checkpoint in the district, in which two Taliban hard boys were killed and another was wounded, the Police Chief of Nuristan told TOLOnews. "He's dead, Jim! He's wounded." Posted by: Fred 2010-07-27 |
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