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Afghanistan
31 Insurgents Killed in Kandahar Operations
2012-06-04
[Tolo News] At least 50 armed beturbanned goons were killed or nabbed
Please don't kill me!
in Kandahar province military operations in the past week, local officials said.

Security chief of southern Kandahar province Colonel Rahmatullah Atrafi said during the past week more than 50 beturbanned goons had been killed or set to sit in solemn silence in a dull, dark dock, in a pestilential prison with a life-long lock
Drop the gat, Rocky, or you're a dead 'un!
during the police forces operations across Kandahar province.

During these operations 31 bad turbans, including four suicide kaboomers, were killed. Another fourteen beturbanned goons were tossed in the slammer
Don't shoot, coppers! I'm comin' out!
and five were maimed, he added.

In an operation in the Spin Boldak district of the province, an operation saw four beturbanned goons incarcerated
Drop the rosco and step away witcher hands up!
and four kilograms of drugs sized by security forces, he added.

He said that the beturbanned goons confessed that they are involved in the insurgency in Kandahar province and had learned combat training in Pakistain.
Posted by:Fred

#2  Spin Boldak is the origination point for Afghan Highway-4 (safest road in Afghanistan) to Khandahar and is a major border crossing and Taliban infiltration point between Chaman Pakistan and Afghanistan. On the Afghan side, the Afghan Border Police (ABP) control the action under the leadership of General Abdul Raziq. Raziq is a very wealthy Achaksai tribal leader, as was his father who was killed by the Taliban. President Karzai pulled Raziq up to Khandahar last year to be the Chief of Police. Many believe Raziq is being groomed as a follow-on to Karzai. Raziq's wealth is, yes you have it, derived from his tribal position and power at the district border crossing.

The long standing competition between the Afghan National Police (ANP) and the ABP is just one of the challenges in the border regions. Whilst the Achaksai control Spin Boldak, the ANP have a much larger, cross-tribal responsibility. Therein lies the the rub, or at least one rub.

General Raziq maintains a firm grip on Spin Boldak through an extensive intelligence reporting network. He has survived a number of assassination attempts by the Taliban. Taking prisoners and turning them over to ISAF is not one of General Raziq's strong points.
Posted by: Besoeker   2012-06-04 07:31  

#1  Kill those who survived before they get escaped from a very porous jail.
Posted by: gorb   2012-06-04 00:36  

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