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Security forces ramp up attacks to retake areas in Kajaki of Helmand, 35 rebels killed so far
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] Security forces have stepped up attacks to retake areas from Taliban rebels in Kajaki District of southern Helmand...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... province. Capt. Faizullah Akhundzad, the police chief of Kajzaki District said that security forces and turbans were exchanging fire from the past four days, adding that now additional forces have arrived in the area and the assault on rebels has been intensified. Akhundzada said that 35 rebels have been killed and 45 others maimed so far in the battle with security forces. According to the official security forces are aggressively moving forward. "We have stepped up fight to recapture the areas fell into Taliban control," he told Pajhwok Afghan News. Akhundzada said that only three Afghan National Army soldiers have sustained injuries in the bully boy fire. Taliban confirm the festivities but reject suffering heavy casualties. Posted by: Fred 2015-06-18 |
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