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Afghan Forces Sustain Casualties in Ghor as Violence Remains High
[ToloNews] At least three members of an Afghan commando unit were killed in Ghor province, in the west of the country, in a Taliban ...Arabic for students... attack on their outpost on Friday night, said local officials. Four coppers were maimed in the attack, which occurred in Kharistan village east of Feroz Koh city, the center of Ghor, said Arif Abir, front man for the provincial governor. In another incident, one security force member was killed and six others were maimed after they were attacked by the Taliban in Baharak district in the northern province of Takhar. Takhar police said that 12 Taliban fighters were also killed in the attack. The Ministry of Defense in separate statements reported Taliban attacks on Afghan forces outposts in Takhar, Khost, Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... , Baghlan and Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... provinces over the last 24 hours. The ministry said dozens of Taliban fighters were killed and maimed in these festivities and that their attacks were repelled by Afghan forces. Meanwhile, ...back at the alley, Slats grabbed for his rosco... two police, including the administration officer of Kapisa police headquarters, were killed in an attack on their vehicle on the Kabul-Parwan highway in Kalakan district in Kabul province, north of Kabul city. Two others, including the deputy chief of Kapisa police, were maimed in the incident, according to Abdul Ghafoor Popalzai, the district governor of Kalakan. This comes as violence has increased in the country despite peace efforts by the Afghan government. Data collected by TOLOnews from the government shows that 50 security incidents took place per day day on average in Afghanistan from around the reduction in violence week and the signing of the US-Taliban deal in late February until late June. Posted by: trailing wife 2020-07-26 |
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