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| Task Team Finds Dahna-e-Ghori Fell Without A Battle |
| 2016-08-24 |
| The task team assigned to probe the fall of Dahna-e-Ghori district of Baghlan, last week, said on Tuesday that preliminary findings show the Taliban reportedly infiltrated the area without facing retaliation from security forces. The task team said that it will refer its findings to the president in a few days – once their investigations into the fall of the district have been finalized. "There was sufficient forces deployed in the district and no fighting was reported (or reports received) to say that they (Taliban) seized control of the district after heavy attacks. The president ordered the issue to be investigated, so we are trying to get to the bottom of the matter," said Dawoud Gulzar, a presidential advisor for tribal affairs. "The question is whether you are trying to tackle the issue of Dahna-e-Ghori from an ethnic perspective or a military standpoint; if you deal with it from a military viewpoint, then it was necessary that it should have been dealt with from a military profile by the probe team, but not by a presidential advisor for tribal affairs," said Sher Mohammad Jahesh, a civil society activist. Last year, a similar delegation under the chairmanship of the minister of borders and tribal affairs, Gulab Mangal, was assigned to investigate the fall of Dand-e-Ghori district to the Taliban. This came after a controversial deal was made with the Taliban and local government officials that no attacks from either side would be allowed. Mangal had been involved in the deal at the time - a deal that sparked strong reactions in the country. Video report at the link |
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