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Taliban suffer heavy casualties in operations led by Gen. Dostum in Jawzjan
 [Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Vice President General 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... has returned to the battlefield in northern Jawzjan province as local officials report the Taliban Provincial governor’s front man Mohammad Reza Ghafoori said at least 30 Taliban He said the operations are being conducted in Aqcha district but the Office of the Vice President reported that 5 villages have been cleared of the gunnies so far. The operations were launched around 5:00 am local time today and clearance operations are underway after the gunnies were forced to flee the area, the Office of the Vice President said. In the meantime, Ghafoori said, a commander of the Taliban group, identified as Mullah Rasool was killed and the group’s shadow district governor for Aqcha was injured. He said operations are also underway in Qosh Tapa district where majority of the gunnies have suffered casualties. The Talibs group has not commented regarding the report so far. Jawzjan is among the relatively volatile provinces in northern Afghanistan where anti-government armed gunnies are actively operating in a number of its districts. Posted by: Fred 2016-04-21 |
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