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Reinforcements Sent To Badghis As Clashes Enter Day 2
[ToloNews] The Ministry of Defense confirmed in a statement that reinforcements headed to the volatile Bala Murghab district in Badghis from the neighboring Herat...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... province in the west of Afghanistan early on Friday morning. The ministry said that the security forces have advanced in some parts of the district. Talibs captured key parts of the Bala Murghab district late on Thursday night, including the municipality building and the main market of the district, sources acknowledged, adding that the Army base and the police headquarters remained under siege throughout the night. Almost 500 troops are fighting an unknown number of Talibs in the district, said Abdul Aziz Beg, Head of Badghis Provincial Council. Latest figures by local officials show that at least 36 members of the Afghan forces were killed in the festivities. Other sources confirmed on Friday that  s have started targeting Talibs in the district. Jamshed Shahabi, a front man for Badghis governor, said the casualties of the Afghan forces are not as much high as reported. He said that more than 30 Talibs have been killed in the festivities. Last time, the district came under Taliban ...Arabic for students... attack early in March and was under siege for more than two weeks, leaving more than two dozens of security forces dead and almost 28 of them gone missing. This comes as the conflicts have intensified in different parts of the country with the arrival of the spring season ‐ which is deemed as a usual fighting season for gunnies fighting the Afghan government forces. 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. ..on April 2 approved the annual security plan which encompasses boosting security and fighting Death Eaters. Posted by: trailing wife 2019-04-06 |
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