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| Afghanistan |
| Trinkot Faces Yet Another Large-Scale Attack |
| 2016-09-24 |
| Daud Shah Wafadar, 205 Atal Corps Commander in southern Kandahar province, on Friday said that Taliban insurgents on Thursday night carried out many group attacks on Trinkot city, the capital of Uruzgan province, in a bid to take control. However they failed to do so. According to Daud Shah, police forces stationed in the area ceded 89 check posts to Taliban insurgents. "The issue is not that Taliban are powerful, police forces in the area made a deal with them and ceded 89 check-posts to the insurgents," Daud Shah said. Security officials have not released information on casualties among security forces, however, a security source told TOLOnews that 26 policemen were killed in the attack and six others were taken by the Taliban. Their whereabouts is unknown. However, the Ministry of Interior denied these claims. "It is not correct that police forces stationed in the area left the checkpoint to the insurgents, but some tribal issues exist in the region that we cannot deny it. The important point is that government has the motivation to maintain Uruzgan. We have that motivation," said Najib Danish, deputy spokesman for the ministry of interior. "More forces have arrived from Kandahar and other provinces. We are trying to maintain the security," said Sayed Abbas Saqib, the acting police chief of Urozgan. In the meantime, Uruzgan provincial council says that Taliban's activities increased in the region as a result of political deals in the government. "If government does not pay serious attention to Uruzgan's security situation and does not bring reforms to the security leadership team in the province, Uruzgan will be under serious security threats that can cause the city to fall to Taliban," said Karim Khadimzai, head of Urozgan provincial council. Local officials say that clashes between Taliban and security forces in Charmgar region lasted till late Friday and that the casualty rate among insurgents was high. Taliban insurgents carried out a similar attack two weeks ago on the city. But security forces, along with the help of foreign troops' airstrikes were able to push the insurgents back from Uruzgan city. |
| Posted by:badanov |