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13 Afghan soldiers martyred amid surging violence in past 24 hours
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] At least 13 Afghan soldiers bit the dust during the counter-terrorism operations being conducted across the country amid surging violence.The Ministry of Defense (MoD) said the soldiers were martyred in the past 24 hours as they were suppressing the anti-government armed Death Eaters. According to a statement by MoD at least 30 bully boyz were killed and 11 others were maimed as a result of the clearance operations in the past 24 hours. The statement further added that the operations were conducted in Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. , Uruzgan, Kunduz, Paktia and Ghazni provinces. There has been a sharp rise in the casualties of the Afghan national security forces since they took full control of the security responsibilities from the coalition forces at the start of last year. According to the earlier estimates by security officials, the Afghan army deaths stood at 4 service members daily on average which is mainly caused due to improvised bomb (IED) attacks. The Afghan forces have increased counter-terrorism operations to suppress the anti-government armed Death Eater groups who are preparing to step up attacks as the weather gets warms. The officials are concerned that the bully boyz will continue pursuing violence despite efforts by the government and its international allies to end the violence through reconciliation process. Posted by: Fred 2016-04-06 |
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