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Taliban plan to capture Laghman foiled, Taliban suffer heavy casualties
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A plan by the Taliban bully boyz to capture the eastern Laghman...It has a population of about 445,600, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural society. During the invasions of Alexander the Great, the area was known as Lampaka, wich is apparently Olde Macedonian for Laghman.The city of Mihtarlam serves as the bucolic capital of the province. The population is half Pashtun, the remainder Tadjik and Pashai. It had a reputionagreat wealth until it was conquered in the tenth century by Abu Mansur Sabuktigin. He conquered it and set fire to the places in its vicinity which were inhabited by infidels, and demolishing the idol-temples, he established Islam in them, He marched and captured other cities and killed the polluted wretches, destroying the idolatrous and gratifying the Musulmans. After wounding and killing beyond all measure, his hands and those of his friends became cold in counting the value of the plundered property... province was foiled by the Afghan a security forces. The group planned to capture the province after they suffered heavy casualties during the ongoing counter-terrorism operations. The provincial government media office in a statement said the top Taliban leaders and commanders who had been deployed to execute the plan have escaped along with scores of bully boyz after the Afghan forces in coordination with the provincial government successfully thwarted the group’s plan. The statement further added that nearly 70 Taliban bully boyz have been killed and around 50 others have sustained injuries during the joint counter-terrorism operations launched some days ago. According to the provincial government, a number of senior Taliban leaders and commanders, including Khalis, Khalid, Janat Gul, Mohammad, Atal Omarzai and some others are among those killed or maimed. The Afghan cops also sustained casualties during the operations, the officials said, adding that four security personnel bit the dust and around eight others were maimed. The statement by the provincial government also added that the area is in total control of the security forces as efforts are underway to further strengthen the security posts in key districts including Alingar and Alisheng. Posted by: Fred 2017-03-14 |
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