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Heavy Clashes Ongoing Close To Kunduz City
[Tolo News] Soldiers on the first line of the battlefield in Kunduz urged government to pay attention to the needs of security and defense forces in the province.A number of security forces in Kunduz province on Tuesday said heavy festivities are ongoing between Afghan soldiers and Taliban ...Arabic for students... in areas close to Kunduz city and at least five police and army outposts are under siege by the holy warriors. According to the soldiers, the festivities have closed the Kunduz-Takhar Highway to traffic for past five days. TOLOnews’ news hound Karim Amini said the Talibs are at least 150 meters far from the Kunduz city’s exit gate in Charkhab area which is 1.5 kilometers far from the center of the city. He said the forces on the first line of the battleground have called for help and some of them are complaining about lack of coordination. "Mr. [President] Ashraf Ghani  ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. ..is sleeping under the fan; Mr. [Chief Executive] Abdullah Abdullah ... the former foreign minister of the Northern Alliance government, advisor to Masood, and candidate for president against Karzai. Dr. Abdullah was born in Kabul and is half Tadjik and half Pashtun... is busy in fashion. I tell the truth. I do not fear from anyone. There are weapons, tanks, but there is no faith," the Garrison Commander of Kunduz Mujahid Azimi said. "We move forward but with every advancement, we hold a session. The war cannot move on with sessions," Rahim said referring to lack of coordination among security forces in the province. "We are in war with bully boyz for the past few days. The Taliban [militants] are 150 meters far from here. They are in civilians houses," said Haji Omid, an army soldier. "We have not made any advancement. We retreated and the first line of the battle is here at the moment. We will try to advance tonight [Tuesday night]," said Rahmatullah, commander of Kunduz Highway Squad. On Monday a number of MPs sharply criticized Kunduz officials for not maintaining security and said they should be introduced to judicial centers and should answer to the people. Posted by: Fred 2017-05-10 |
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