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Logar: 23 Talibs toes up, Afghan SF destroy tunnel, caches, compounds and more, Talibs start winter vacation
 Special Forces kill 11 Taliban militants, destroy weapons caches in Logar [KhaamaPress] The Afghan Special Forces killed 11 Talibs during an operation in central Pashtun-infested Logar province of Afghanistan. The military officials said Thursday the Special Forces conducted the operation in Charkh district of Pashtun-infested Logar province. The officials further added that the Special Forces also destroyed a cache of weapons belonging to Talibs. The Taliban  ...Arabic for students... group has not commented regarding the operation so far. Pashtun-infested Logar is among the relatively volatile provinces in central parts of Afghanistan where Talibs are active in some of its and often attempt to carry out terrorist related activities. Special Forces foil large scale attack on Charkh district by destroying Taliban tunnel [KhaamaPress] The Special Forces of the Afghan military foiled a large scale attack on Charkh district of Logar by discovering and destroying a Taliban tunnel. According to a statement released by Special Operations Corps, the Taliban militants had dug the tunnel in a bid to carry out an attack on Charkh district. The statement further added that the security forces also destroyed 3 bomb making facilities of Taliban, 2 compounds and a training camp of the group. The Special Forces also killed 12 Taliban militants during the operation and confiscated a large quantity of weapons, munitions and a vehicle, the statement added. The Taliban group has not commented in this regard so far. Taliban Close 29 Government-Sponsored Madrasas in Logar [ToloNews] Residents in the eastern province of Logar on Thursday claimed that the Taliban have shut down at least 29 Madrasas in the province. The Taliban have also warned faculty to stop teaching at these centers, which are run by the Afghan Ministry of Education. “It’s very unfortunate that we are not allowing someone to go the mosque or Madrasa, or to read the Holy Quran or to teach. It’s now three months that all Madrasas have been closed in areas under the government control,” said Sayed Farhad Akbari, a tribal elder in Logar. “The move can have several reasons: either they don’t want the government to have control of religious centers, or the Taliban’s recruitment has been reduced there,” said Sayed Qaribullah Sadat, a member of Logar’s provincial council, suggesting that the closures might be punitive. A Taliban spokesman said that the group shut these centers down after determining that they were not in line with the Taliban’s doctrine. Local officials in Logar have said that efforts are underway to reopen these Madrasas. “We assure you that efforts are underway to open these centers in the coming days; we are in contact with the tribal elders,” said Abdul Wakil Kaliwal, head of Logar’s Education Department. The closure of the religious schools has deprived over 2600 students from learning, among them 900 girls. Posted by: trailing wife 2019-10-18 |
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