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| Eleven troops killed as Taliban storm army bases in Afghanistan |
| 2017-10-26 |
| [PRESSTV] Militants have launched coordinated attacks on two military bases in two neighboring provinces in western Afghanistan, leaving at least 11 soldiers dead and several others injured. In the first attack, gunnies stormed a security post on Tuesday night in Pusht Road district of Farah province. At least nine soldiers were killed and four others were maimed. Mohammad Naser Mehri, a front man for the governor of Farah province, said an intense four-hour shootout followed the attack and included the use of artillery against the army. At least 17 Talibs were killed after Afghan warplanes were deployed to repel the assault. Separately in neighboring Herat ...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns... province, also on Tuesday night, gunnies targeted an army post in Kushki Kuhna district. Two soldiers were killed and five others were maimed. According to the military front man in Herat, Najibullah Najibi, the attack lasted several hours with the army succeeding in pushing back the bad boys. The Taliban ...Arabic for students... suffered "heavy casualties" in the ensuing fierce festivities. |
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