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| Afghanistan |
| Clashes Ongoing In Baghlan Districts |
| 2016-08-15 |
| Local authorities in Baghlan said Sunday that clashes are ongoing in the province and that the Taliban has surrounded four police check posts in Baghlan-e-Markazi and Dahane Ghori districts. According to them, clashes in the two districts have been ongoing since Saturday evening and started after dozens of insurgents attacked the districts. Officials also said that four civilians have so far been killed and four others wounded. They said that an Afghan Local Police (ALP) commander was among five local police members killed. In addition, the Taliban has also reportedly seized two Humvees belonging to security forces. Baghlan police chief Gen. Noor Habib Gulbahari said: "A commander and his four men were martyred at their station and the commander of another station was wounded. Taliban have control over these police stations. We will start our operation to retake these strongholds." Gulbahari added: "Insurgents carried out five aggressive attacks on Dahan Ghory district. We defeated their attacks, as a result five insurgents were killed and two others wounded." Meanwhile a Baghlan resident, Akbar, said: "People were caught in the fight and lots of mortars smashed into their houses. Four persons were martyred from one house and three others wounded." Shir Agha, another local resident said: "A mortar smashed into a house, it killed three women and wounded another woman and a few men. Another mortar smashed into my own house. Lots of animals were killed, houses were destroyed and people lost whatever they had." Security forces have meanwhile appealed for reinforcements. Mohammad Zarif Zarif, a member of Baghlan's provincial council, said: "The morale of the security forces is weak as they are unable to defeat the insurgents. Poor war management has caused us to lose lots of places to the Taliban." |
| Posted by:badanov |