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| MoD To Deploy Thousands Of Troops To Northern Provinces |
| 2015-10-18 |
| [Tolo News] The Ministry of Defense (MoD) on Saturday said thousands of troops will be sent to Kunduz, Takhar and Badakhshan provinces in order to prevent any threat by myrmidons. The MoD said the deployment will be permanent and they will be a supporting unit. "They will number in the thousands. We hope to equip them as much as possible so they have no need to rely on reinforcement troops if needed. It will be a powerful unit," said Mohammad Rahman Afzal, deputy chief of MoD public affairs department. President Ashraf Ghani ...former chancellor of Kabul University, now president of Afghanistan. Before returning to Afghanistan in 2002 he was a scholar of political science and anthropology. He worked at the World Bank working on international development assistance. As Finance Minister of Afghanistan between July 2002 and December 2004, he led Afghanistan's attempted economic recovery until the Karzais stole all the money. .. visited Kunduz city on Friday where he vowed to clear the northeastern parts of myrmidons. "My order and the decision of the national security council is to fully clear the northeastern parts of "If they do not do this [clear the northern parts of myrmidons] they will face huge problems and there will not be any security in Kabul ...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title Most Evil Man in the Worldand didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either.... or its northern parts. I hope they keep their word and realize that the country is facing a crisis," said Amanullah Paima, an MP from Badakhshan. The Afghan cops managed to retake full control of Kunduz city after 10 days and are now busy clearing Kunduz's districts of myrmidons. |
| Posted by:Fred |