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Security Forces Break Siege On Baghlan Military Base
[Tolo News] Afghan cops successfully ended a nine-day siege by the Taliban of a military base in Qarghan hill, Phul-e-Khumri, in Baghlan, rescuing 120 security force members.The turbans had surrounded the base nine days ago. The siege ended when troops were brought in from other parts of the province. Gen. Shaor Gull a military commander in Baghlan said that during the operation 34 Taliban members were killed, 60 were maimed and four others were tossed in the clink You have the right to remain silent... by the Afghan cops. According to him, during the operation a Taliban tank was also destroyed. Meanwhile in a separate clash between security forces and the Taliban in Zabul province one police officer was killed and four others were maimed, officials said. According to the officials, festivities started along the Kabul ...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the Worldand didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... -Kandahar highway. On the other hand, the Taliban conducted a rocket attack, which hit a house, in Shah Joy district of Zabul. Two women were killed and four men were maimed. Local officials in Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... also reported rocket attacks in Helmand province. According to them Taliban fired off three missiles from the third zone of Lashkargah city to the capital. There were no reports of casualties. Meanwhile, ...back at the buffalo wallow, Yellow Wolf clutched at his chest and fell from his horse... a source told TOLOnews that Taliban once again resumed their attacks on parts of Helmand's second zone and have entered the area. Clashes are ongoing. Posted by: Fred 2016-10-13 |
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