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| Heavy clash erupts in Baghlan as police claims 28 insurgents killed or wounded |
| 2016-05-16 |
| [Khaama (Afghanistan)] A heavy clash erupted in northern Baghlan province of Afghanistan late on Saturday night with the police officials claiming at least 28 holy warriors were killed or maimed. A front man for Baghlan police, Jawed Basharat, said the forces of Evil were killed or maimed in Baghlan Markazi and in the vicinity of Chashme Shir and Surkh Kotal. He said the main highway connecting northern Baghlan with Mazar-e-Sharif city is open to the traffic. Earlier, reports reports emerged that the holy warriors managed to overrun certain posts in Chashme Shir area of Baghlan. The public uprising forces reportedly joined the Afghan police forces late on Saturday night to repulse the Taliban holy warriors attack. Meanwhile, ...back at the revival hall, the congregants were being herded into the paddy wagon... the provincial security chief, Mohammad Ewaz Nazeri, said Saturday that a commander of the group was killed along with his 12 fighters in Baghlan Markazi district. He confirmed that 2 Afghan soldiers sustained injuries and two of their security posts were overrun by the Taliban bully boys. The Taliban group however has claimed that they have captured several areas in the outskirts of Pul-e-Khumri city, the scenic provincial capital of northern Baghlan province. |
| Posted by:Fred |