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| Taliban suffer heavy casualties after attacking police posts in Uruzgan |
| 2015-12-30 |
| [Khaama (Afghanistan)] Scores of Taliban turbans were killed after launching a major attack on security posts in southern Uruzgan province of Afghanistan. According to local government officials, festivities erupted among the Taliban and Afghan cops in Shahid Hasas area, located in the outskirts of Uruzgan province. Provincial governor front man Dost Mohammad Nayab said 22 Taliban turbans were killed during the shootout which lasted for several hours. Nayab further aded that 2 members of the Afghan National Police also bit the dust during the shootout and several others were maimed. According to Nayab, the attack was launched by hundreds of Taliban turbans and they have closed the main route to Tarin Kot city, preventing the security forces to shift the injured individuals to hospital for treatment. The Taliban miliants group has not commented regarding the report so far. Uruzgan is among the relatively volatile provinces in southern Afghanistan where anti-government armed bully boyz are actively operating in a number of its districts and frequently carry out insurgency activities. |
| Posted by:Fred |