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Pakistani militants accused of taking over Afghan town |
2006-07-19 |
![]() In Kabul, Deputy Interior Minister Abdul Malik Sidiqi accused Pakistan-based Islamic groups Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam of taking over Garmser. Sidiqi said a second Helmand town that had been overrun by militants - Naway-i-Barakzayi - was reclaimed by government forces late on Monday. Meanwhile, Taliban militants vowed to intensify their insurgency with fresh attacks and suicide bombings. “During these operations which will begin today or tomorrow, we’ll take most of the districts in southern and south-central Afghanistan,” purported Taliban spokesman Mohammad Hanif said. Earlier on Tuesday, the US military said a massive anti-insurgent operation being waged in southern Afghanistan has “seriously disrupted” the Taliban network there, particularly in the northern Helmand districts of Sangin, Musa Qala and Baghran. |
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