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Tapped Taliban phone conversation reveals panic among fighters in battlefield
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A tapped phone conversation between top Taliban leaders reveal panic among the groups fighters in the battlefield as the group is attempting to intensify attacks against the Afghan forces under their new spring offensive.The Ministry of Interior (MOI) claims the phone conversation was tapped as two top Taliban leaders were discussing operations in the country. The authenticity of the audio clip could not be independently verified which reveals a serious disagreement between the two senior Taliban leaders. The commander overviewing the operations in the battlefield says the situation is sharply deteriorating and a number of the group’s commanders have been killed with their fighters. He continues saying the fighters are losing morale but the other commander orders him to intensify attacks on Afghan cops posts which leads to almost a quarrel between the two. The commander on the ground insists that the fighters have lost almost all their ammunition besides suffering heavy loss and losing morale to fight the security forces. The conversation ends between the two as they do not reach to an agreement despite the leader instructing the commander on the ground to start their offensive, emphasizing that additional forces and equipment would be deployed to them. The location where the Talibs were fighting the Afghan forces has not been ascertained but the group is mainly engaged in fight in northern and southern parts of the country. Earlier, the Afghan forces repulsed major attacks of the group launched in northern Kunduz province of Afghanistan which is launched as the group announced its spring offensive. Posted by: Fred 2016-05-16 |
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