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Residents West of Kabul City Report Rise in Taliban Activity
[ToloNews] Residents in the Arghandi area of Kabul province's Paghman district on Wednesday voiced deep concerns over a dramatic rise in security threats, saying there is a presence of Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
fighters in the area who are launching attacks on security checkpoints, planting IEDs, and extorting locals. Paghman is on the outskirts of Kabul city to the west.

A number of members of the Afghan police force accused the leadership of the security institutions for failing to equip the security forces sufficiently to counter the threats.

Jamshid is an Afghan police officer who has served at the Burjak checkpoint over the past four years. He said that over this time the Death Eaters attacked the checkpoint fourteen times and he ost four of his colleagues.

"There are a lot of attacks, there are a lot of enemies, they are equipped with sophisticated weapons and laser-equipped weapons, we do not have weapons, we should have binoculars," said Jamshid.

"(The Taliban) have a unit there and they have a coordination point, and they are planting mines day and night and launching attacks. They kill the police. Last night also there was an attack on our checkpoint," said Ahmad Shah, a police officer in Arghandi.

According to the police in the area, the Taliban are present in many villages of Arghandi and the security forces can hardly commute on the highway in the area at night.

"The enemy attacks us from the forest side and they have a presence there," said Jamshid.

Ahmad Popal is another officer who says that he does not dare to travel in a military uniform from Kabul city towards Arghandi.

"There was an attack, they also ambushed a vehicle," said Popal.

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a number of drivers in the area also said that they hardly travel on the route for fear of roadside mines.

"There is no security on the routes. The Taliban fighters are there, there are festivities," said Zalmay, a driver in Arghandi.

"Every day there is a war, there is motor bomb, the roads remain closed two to three hours," said Naqibullah, a driver.

Officials from the National Directorate of Security
...the Afghan national intel agency...
(NDS) have also confirmed that two key Taliban commanders are operating in areas between Arghandi and Kohna Khumar of Maidan Wardak province.

According to the NDS, two days ago the security forces during an operation killed five Taliban and maimed six more in the area between Arghandi and Kohna Khumar.

"Bringing the highway connecting Kabul to neighboring province under the security coverage is our topmost priority," said Abdul Farid Qane, the deputy Minister of Interior for Security.
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