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US Forces Exit 2 Bases in Nangarhar: Local Officials
[ToloNews] The commander of Afghan Border Forces Mohammad Ayoub Hussainkhel on Wednesday said that the US forces have withdrawn from two bases in Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
 province in the east, one in Achin and the other in Haska Mena district.

He said that Afghan forces have now deployed in these bases.

A TOLOnews correspondent who visited one of the bases reported on Wednesday that it is now under the control of the Afghan border forces.

However,
man does not live by words alone, despite the fact that sometimes he has to eat them...
 residents in the area said that they are concerned about their security.

"Recently the coalition forces withdrew from two bases in Nangarhar-- one in Momand Dara’s Assadkhel region of Achin," said the commander of Afghan Border Forces, Mohammad Ayoub Hussainkhel.

"Our houses were destroyed, many people were killed and maimed, who is there to compensate us now?" said Salim, a resident in Nangarhar.

"God willing, there will be no problems in the future, so far the Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
 or other terrorist groups have not launched any major offensives here," said Obaidullah Shinwari, the deputy head of Nangarhar's provincial council.

Haska Mena and Achin district of Nangarhar in recent years were major battlefields between the Afghan forces and the ISIS turban group. US forces were supporting Afghan troops in their anti-ISIS campaign.

Now ISIS has no presence in Haska Mena or Achin. But there is a Taliban presence in some areas of the district.
Posted by: trailing wife 2020-07-23
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