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| Blast wounds 2 in N. Afghan city, clash causes 136 casualties in east |
| 2014-12-24 |
| [Xinhua] A kaboom hit a military vehicle in Kunduz city, capital of northern Afghanistan's Kunduz province, on Tuesday, wounding two civilians, said the front man for the provincial government. "A sticky bomb attached on a army vehicle went off at 02:10 p.m. local time today, wounding two civilian passersby," Abdul Wasi Basel told Xinhua. The army vehicle was slightly damaged but none of its commuters was hurt in the blast, said the official. Also no Tuesday, a clash between security forces and Taliban outfit in Dangam district of the eastern Kunar province ... which is right down the road from Chitral. Kunar is Haqqani country..... has left 136 casualties since Monday, a military official said. "A total of 136 murderous Moslems have been killed and injured in Dangam district over the past 24 hours," front man of Army Corps 201 Sylab, Harron Yousufzai, told Xinhua. He said one Afghan soldier has been killed and four others injured since Monday. The operations, which were launched Monday morning, have been backed by aircraft, the official added without giving more details. Local media reported that the NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. A cautionary tale of cost-benefit analysis.... -led forces aircraft have pounded Taliban positions in Dangam district since Monday enabling Afghan forces to strike Taliban hideouts. Afghan army has also used helicopters in the battle against Taliban murderous Moslems in Dangam district bordering Pakistain. Kunar police chief Abdul Habib Sayedkhaili claimed that some 90 turbans have been killed and dozens of others injured since Monday morning in Dangam district. According to Sayedkhaili, more than 1,000 armed turbans stormed Dangam district to capture the area as the NATO-led forces are going to end their combat mission by Dec. 31, 2014 and enabling Afghan cops to assume security charge of their country by January 1, 2015. |
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