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Taliban Attacks Stop Traffic on Northern Highway: Sources
[ToloNews] Security sources on Monday reported a cluster of attacks by the Taliban ...Arabic for students... on multiple parts of the Baghlan-Balkh highway, a key route that connects Kabul with northern and northeastern provinces. The sources said the festivities are ongoing in the Chashma-e-Shir area and on the outskirts of Pul-e-Khumri city, the center of Baghlan, leaving the highway closed to traffic. The festivities started after the Taliban installed a checkpoint on Baghlan-Balkh highway in Chashma-e-Shir area and started "extorting funds from truck drivers," say sources. Hundreds of vehicles have been stranded on both sides of the highway, according to eyewitnesses and passengers. Ahmad, a passenger, said that women and kiddies are among those stranded on the two sides of the highway and are in a bad condition. The commander of a highway unit, Abdul Ghani Mahmoudi, said the Taliban closed the highway after launching an attack on it. He added that Taliban have hidden in civilians’ homes and there is a need for reinforcement troops to push the Lions of Islam back from the highway. The Taliban has not commented on the attack so far. Posted by: trailing wife 2020-07-07 |
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