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Taliban Plan to Overrun Lashkargah Foiled: Governor
Whew! We were worried that the bad guys would win this one.
[ToloNews] Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
 governor Yasin Khan said the Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
’s attempt to overrun Lashkargah city has been foiled and that the security situation in the city will improve.

"The enemy’s evil plan was to overrun Lashkargah, but we want to assure our people that the plan was failed. This also clarifies that the enemy does not want peace and they want war," the governor told TOLOnews this week.

According to Lashkargah residents, the festivities are close to the police district 3 (PD3) of Lashkargah.

"The Taliban is 300 meters away from Gandi area. The situation is fragile. There is no work or business. The people have been displaced," said Mohammad Daud, a resident of Lashkargah.

Two weeks ago, the Taliban perpetrated a major offensive on some strategic parts of Helmand including Lashkargar, Nahr-e-Saraj, Nawa and Nad Ali districts. The conflict in Helmand has displaced over 5,000 families, according to the Refugees and Repatriation Directorate.

"The Taliban is trying to create fear among the people. The Taliban wants to overrun this place, but we will not allow them to do so," said Madad Khan, a police officer in Nawah district in Helmand.

Violence has remained high in last four weeks amidst the start of the peace negotiations in Doha. On Thursday, over 50 security force members were killed in Taliban attack in Takhar.

Also, at least 20 members of the Afghan National Army were killed in Taliban attack in Nimroz province in the west of Afghanistan on Thursday evening.

Local officials said that four security force members were killed in Taliban attack in Kunduz on Thursday.

Posted by: trailing wife 2020-10-24
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