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Major Taliban offensive in Helmand ends after almost 48 hours of gun battle
[Khaama (Afghanistan)] A major offensive by the Taliban...Arabic for students... snuffies on Greshk district in southern Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... province ended after almost 48 hours of heavy shootout. According to the local government officials, the Taliban snuffies launched the attack late on Thursday night by detonating several boom-mobiles and using Humvee armored personnel carriers to storm the district compound and security posts. The officials are saying that four of the snuffies had taken position in a market in Greshk district after the attack and were eliminated carefully in a bid to prevent casualties to the local residents and property damage. The officials further added that the four snuffies entered the market compound on Friday morning hours after the attack was and were armed with light and heavy including rocket launchers. According to the officials, the security forces carefully cleared the building and managed to eliminate all four remaining Death Eaters at around 12 am local time. The provincial government media office in a statement said a RPG rocket launcher, two AK-47 rifles, one communication device, 15 hand grenades, 15 RPG rockets, one vehicle, and the dead bodies of the snuffies were left in the area. Posted by: Fred 2017-08-06 |
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