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| Huge Military Offensive Launched in Ghazni |
| 2010-08-03 |
| [Tolo News] Afghan security officials acknowledged on Monday that a military operation is launched name Shamsher "Sword" in different parts of Ghazni, a southern Afghan province This military push is part of efforts to improve Afghan security and secure the coming parliamentary election, said a top military commander. Afghan military officials commented that the operation is on the ground with the cooperation of police forces, national security forces and coalition troops. A top commander in southern Ghazni province, Gen. Rajab Ali Rashed, said the offensive is launched in Andar, Moqur, Qara Bagh and De Yak districts of the province that will last for ten days. "We are on the threshold of Afghan parliamentary election and after receiving an order from corps, we launched a joint operation in the name of Shamsher "Sword" consisting of Afghan National Army, National Police, National Security Forces and coalition troops in four districts of the province," said Gen. Rajab Ali Rashed. Meanwhile, security forces said that an overall offensive is to follow the operation in Ghazni province and its preliminary stage has started. The operation is underway at a time that insecurity is at its highest since the fall of the Taliban regime in 2001 and provincial residents have always complained about insecurity. . |
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