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| Security Incidents Drop 23 Percent In November: Report |
| 2015-12-12 |
| [Tolo News] A monthly security report by TOLOnews found security incidents in the country had dropped by 23 percent in November compared to October. Civilian casualties dropped by two percent in November against October, the report said. The Afghan cops launched several counterinsurgency operations in eastern Nangarhar The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country.. province in November - widely seen as a response to murderous Moslem attacks - putting the province on top of the volatile provinces list in terms of security in November, the report added. Based on the report, 190 counterinsurgency and murderous Moslem incidents were reported in November. However, there's more than one way to stuff a chicken... an exact figure on human casualties, including that of turbans was not available, but security officials said more than 1,000 turbans had been killed in November and 215 security personnel, 86 civilians along with nine public order personnel died. Based on the report the most insecure provinces were Nangarhar with 88 security incidents, Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... with 85, and then Faryab with 39, Kunduz with 28, Kandahar with 21, Ghazni with 22 and Zabul with 25. "Aside from that, the country also saw 352 military operations taking place, 14 air strikes, 102 attacks by murderous Moslems, 33 cases of mine kabooms, 92 arrests, 36 armed attempts, 26 cases of violence and kidnappings and 13 armed encounters among rival murderous Moslem factions," the report said. However, there's more than one way to stuff a chicken... abduction cases increased by 27 percent in November compared to October, the report read. The report stated that the beheading of seven hostages including three women and two children in Zabul and the killing of five children in Maidan Wardak and the stoning of Rukhshana were among the shocking security events in November. "The operations rise and fall on the basis of the scale of threats. Military operations declined in areas where there was a decrease in murderous Moslem attacks. But military operations will continue in areas where there is a threat, even special operations were extended in areas under threat," Sediq Sediqqi, a front man for the Afghan Interior Ministry said. According to the report, rival Taliban factions engaged in festivities eight times in November and rumors surfaced that Taliban's leader Mullah Akhter Mansour had been killed during one of the confrontations that happened between two rival groups in Pak city of Quetta. |
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