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Badakhshan Governor Claims Taliban Has Ties with Foreign Fighters
[ToloNews] Badakhshan governor Zakaria Sawda on Friday claimed that Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
 have joined imported muscle in recent festivities against the government forces in parts of the northeastern province.

He also claimed that the leadership of the conflicts in Badakhshan is owned by imported muscle and that Uighur, Chechens, Uzbek and Tajik nationals have been identified in recent festivities which often occur in Yumgan, Wardooj and Baharak districts.

"They are motivating the Taliban for their fight," the governor said. "We have witnessed their bodies on the battlefield."

Based on the US-Taliban agreement signed in February, Taliban should cut their ties with other terrorist groups fighting in Afghanistan, particularly with al-Qaeda.

"Chechens are there, Uighurs are there, Uzbeks are there, Tajiks are there. They have had further intensified festivities against the security forces which resulted in the fall of Yumgan (district) to their hand," said Ahmad Jawed Mujaddedi, member of Badakhshan Provincial Council.

The Presidential Palace said the Taliban’s relations with imported muscle in Afghanistan is questioning.

"Various questions are rising in this respect. The Afghan government is expecting the Taliban to quit violence," said Latif Mahmoud, a presidential front man. "Their (Taliban’) relation with Paksitan and other groups is still questionable."

Taliban has not commented on this report.
Posted by: trailing wife 2020-04-11
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