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| Urozgan Officials Warn Districts Could Collapse |
| 2016-04-09 |
| [Tolo News] Urozgan provincial council members on Friday warned that four districts in the province facing the threat of collapse. The council members said that in the past few weeks, routes in to Trinkot, the capital of the province, have been closed and bad boy activity has increased. Meanwhile provincial security officials accept that insecurity has increased in the province. Deh Rawud, Khas Urozgan, Gizab and Charcheno districts of Urozgan have all witnessed heavy festivities recently, officials said. The provincial council raised its concerns and said if attention is not paid to the situation, these districts will collapse to bad boys. "The security situation is deteriorating day by day and the road to Khas Urozgan district has been closed for the past year, and the roads to Shaheed Asas and Deh Rawud have been closed for nearly three months - only military convoys can pass through there," said Abdul Karim Khadamzai, the provincial council head. "Our districts are in trouble, like Shaheed Asas, Khaz Urozgan, Chinartoo and Deh Rawud districts. Police and army are fighting but in a technical way. One day they go forward and then they retreat,"said Nadiri, a provincial council member. Meanwhile Urozgan governor also raised concerns over the increase of insecurity. "We have districts in Urozgan that for three or four moths the roads have been closed and operations have been ongoing to reopen them, such as Deh Rawud. Once the roads are open then we have programs for other districts," said Mohammad Nazir Kharotti, the provincial governor. Meanwhile, ...back at the wrecked scow, Agent 49 felt gingerly for his head. It was still there. He had been hoping differently... the provincial police chief said ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... to fight in Urozgan. "Whenever the enemy is defeated in Kandahar or Helmand then they came to Urozgan and for the past year they tried a lot to increase their activity in the province and conduct attacks on government institutions but they failed because government forces are able to defend government institutions," said Ghulam Sakhi Rokh Lewani, the provincial police chief. |
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