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Taliban militants flee from Kohistanat with arrival of Gen. Dostum
 [Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Talibs have abandoned the restive Kohistan...a backwoods district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa distinguished by being even more rustic than is the norm among the local Pashtuns.... at district by fleeing the area after the First Vice President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum ...ethnic Uzbek warlord who distinguished himself fighting the Soviets and the Taliban. The story that he had a bad guy run over with a tank is an exaggeration. It was an armored personnel carrier... arrived in Sar-e-Pul province. "He ain't runnin' over me with no tank! I'm outta here!" According to the local government officials, the Afghan national security forces managed to retake the control of the district after the Talibs fled the area. Gen. Dostum arrived in Sar-e-Pul province late on Thursday afternoon after concluding a major military operation in northern Faryab province. Gen. Dostum called on anti-government armed Death Eaters in the restive northern Sar-e-Pul province to surrender or face death upon his arrival in this province. Gen. Dostum promised that Balkhab district which is now controlled by Talibs will soon fall to the control of the Afghan national security forces. He said he will move towards northern Kunduz province once Sar-e-Pul province has been cleared from the hard boys, provided that the president and the national security council agrees to proceed. Gen. Dostum joined the Afghan cops in the frontline in northern Faryab province earlier this month. He survived at least two liquidation plots by the anti-government armed hard boy groups while he was leading counter-terrorism operations in Faryab. The convoy of the First Vice President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum was ambushed by the Taliban in Death Eaters in Qaisar district of northern Faryab province last week. Another plot to assassinate Gen. Dostum was thwarted by the security forces and special security guards of the Vice President three days after the failed attack. At least three jacket wallahs were tossed in the clink ... anything you say can and will be used against you, whether you say it or not... earlier on Monday tonight from the vicinity of Gen. Dostum's residence in Qaisar district. Posted by: Fred 2015-08-29 |
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