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Baghlan Province Cleared of Insurgents
[Tolo News] Restive parts in northern Baghlan province have completely been cleared of jihad boys, provincial security officials in the north said on Wednesday.
Afghan cops recently launched an offensive named "Nowroz" to target the Taliban in their footholds in northern Baghlan province. During the operation, twenty Taliban local commanders were killed and more than twenty others surrendered to the government, General Dawood Dawood, Commander of 303 Pamir Zone in the north said. The faceless myrmidons have handed over their weapons to provincial forces. In the past two years Taliban operatives had increased their influence in different districts in northern Baghlan province. Afghan cops are expected to take security lead by the end of 2014, the final target date for foreign troops' withdrawal. Posted by: Fred 2011-02-24 |
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