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| Insurgents From Northern Provinces Converge On Kunduz: Governor |
| 2015-04-27 |
| [Tolo News] Taliban hard boyz that have attacked northern Kunduz have come from other provinces, the governor Mohammad Omar Safi said, adding 33 Talibs have been killed and maimed so far as a result of operations by security forces. He told TOLOnews that several villages in Kunduz has been under the control of Taliban. However, a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all... he promised to push back the hard boyz as he said additional troops had been deployed to the area. "The enemies are engaged in the battle with security forces in nine northern provinces. Taliban hard boyz have come from different northern provinces to Kunduz," Safi said. "Our forces have retreated from three posts in Gor Tepa district." According to Safi, the hard boyz were taking advantage of forests. "We also had casualties. Around 16 security forces were killed and maimed." In addition, Interior Minister Noor-ul-Haq Olomi declared that the enemies would never reach their goal by spreading violence. "The enemies are trying to show their presence in the north. But they will achieve nothing except spreading terror," Olomi told TOLOnews. He declared that the purpose of Taliban's fighting in northern Afghanistan was to stop the revival of the strategic Silk Road in Badakhshan. "The enemies do not want us to reach economic stability." He noted that senior interior ministry officials have been sent to northern Afghanistan to closely monitor the situation. When asked about Daesh presence in the country, Olomi said, "Anyone who creates terror in Afghanistan under any name or flag is the real enemy of Afghanistan." The hard boyz have increased their attacks across the country since Friday when they announced the beginning of their spring offensive. Earlier in the day, the senators also blasted the government for what they called failure to prevent flow of Chechen and other Central Asian hard boyz to Afghanistan. They claimed that about 400 Chechen families were sheltering along the borders between Afghanistan and Turkmenistan. |
| Posted by:Fred |