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Arghanj Khwa District Retaken By Security Forces
[ToloNews] Clearance operation of Arghanj Khwa district in Badakhshan ended Tuesday morning and it was retaken from the Talibs, the 209 Shaheen Military Corps said in a statement on Tuesday.

The district reportedly fell to the Taliban
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 last week on Saturday but the Ministry of Interior Affairs’ front man Nusrat Rahimi said it was planned retreatment to prevent casualties.

According to the statement, at least 14 Talibs were killed and seven others were maimed in the operation.

The clearance operation was led by Army forces and after 24 hours of clash with the Taliban the district wad retaken from the Taliban, the statement added.

Last week, Badakhshan residents criticized government and the security forces for the fall of Arghanj Khwa district to the Taliban.

"The district has fallen to the Taliban due to the ’negligence’ of the central and provincial government," said a resident of Badakhshan.

Arghanj Khwa is located in the vicinity of Faizabad city, the bucolic provincial capital, and is a connecting point between the center of the province and 10 other districts.

Arghanj Khwa is the first district of Badakhshan fallen to the Taliban in 2019. However,
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 in 2018, three districts of the province ‐ Kohistan
...a backwoods district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa distinguished by being even more rustic than is the norm among the local Pashtuns....
, Warduj and Yumgan ‐ had fallen to the Taliban.
Khaama Press adds:
According to defense ministry, at least 14 Taliban militants including their shadow military commander were killed during the clearance operations.

“Early morning, the district center and all relevant villages have been completely cleared from the terrorist Taliban. Afghan National Defense and Security Forces are in control. 14 terrorists, including the shadow military commander Qari Halim, have been killed,” the Ministry of Defense said in a statement.

The anti-government armed militants including Taliban have not commented in this regard so far.
Another Khaama Press article adds:
The Ministry of Defense of Afghanistan has announced that the Afghan armed forces have carried out multiple surprise attacks against Taliban militants in Arghanj Khwa district in northeastern Badakhshan province.

“Today, Afghan National Defense and Security Forces conducted many surprise attacks and the Afghan Air Force carried multiple airstrikes on the Taliban positions in Arghanj Khwa district,” the Ministry of Defense said in a statement late on Monday night.
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