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Taliban commander Abu Bakar and his fighters killed after attacking ALP posts in Laghman
[KhaamaPress] The security forces repulsed a coordinated attack by Talibs on Afghan Local Police security posts in Laghman...Afghan province with 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 repution for great 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.After that it was mostly notable for the production of dirt, rocks, and holy men... province. The 201st Silab Corps in a statement said the Talibs attack the security posts in Alisheng district late on Friday night. The statement further added that the Local Police forces effectively responded to the attack with the support of the soldiers of 1st Brigade of Silab Corps. Furthermore, the statement added that the security forces killed a Taliban  ...the Pashtun equivalent of men...commander Abu Bakar alias Kochai and his 2 The 201st Silab Corps also added that the security force also maimed four Talibs during exchange of fire. Posted by: trailing wife 2019-07-14 |
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