[Tolo News] Reports from Farah province indicate that fighting has escalated between the Afghan cops and the murderous Moslem Taliban in the northern and eastern regions of Farah.Amid fierce fighting between the two sides in the north, the Taliban launched fresh attacks on the eastern parts of Farah city and overrun the Dehak area of the city on Monday night.
This resulted in the closure of Farah-Kabul
...the capital of Afghanistan. Home to continuous fighting from 1992 to 1996 between the forces of would-be strongman and Pak ISI/Jamaat-e-Islami sock puppet Gulbuddin Hekmayar and the Northern Alliance, a period which won Hek the title
Most Evil Man in the Worldand didn't do much for the reputations of the Northern Alliance guys either....
highway.
In reference to a fresh spates of violence in the country, a number of ex-military experts have said that the poor leadership of the war has increased the scale of violence on multiple fronts across the country.
Meanwhile thousands of residents have fled their homes in Farah city.
Head of Farah provincial council has said that the situation in Farah is currently very tense. They called on the government to send reinforcements to the area including air support to defeat the Taliban.
Meanwhile the Taliban, after seizing Dehak area of Farah, blew up a compound near the city. But security forces are trying to prevent the advance of the Taliban.
"Intense battles are going on in Farah, I am telling central government that the situation is critical, I pray that Farah does not collapse to the Taliban, we want reinforcements," said Farid Bakhtor, head of Farah provincial council.
"We have lost all our assets and are wandering around with our children, we want the government to rescue us," said a resident, Saad Gul.
"There is good leadership among the security forces in Farah. Police and army commanders had deployed all the troops to the northern part of the city; the Taliban used the opportunity and infiltrated the city from the east," said Abdul Sattar Hussaini, former army officer.