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| Afghanistan | ||
| 2017-04-22 | ||
| [BBC] The Afghan army has ended a Taliban attack on one of its bases that killed at least 70 soldiers, according to military officials. Fighting lasted several hours in the northern Balkh province. An army spokesman said the insurgents targeted those leaving Friday prayers at the base's mosque, as well as others in a canteen. The Taliban claimed the attack in a statement, and said they used suicide bombers to breach the defences. At least 10 Taliban militants were killed in the fighting at the military headquarters in the town of Mazar-e-Sharif. One assailant has been detained, according to AFP news agency.
...the Pashtun equivalent of men... gunnies wearing Afghan military uniforms launched an attack on an army base in northern Afghanistan Friday, officials said. Afghan commandos were deployed during the attack which lasted several hours. Two of the ten attackers blew themselves up while seven were killed and one was detained. U.S. General John Nicholson, commander of NATO ...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all.... 's Resolute Support operation, said in a separate statement that the attack targeted the 209th Corps of the Afghan army.
One official in the northern city of Mazar-i-Sharif, where the attack occurred, said on Saturday at least 140 soldiers were killed and many others wounded. Other officials said the toll was likely to be even higher. The officials spoke on the condition of anonymity because the government has yet to release official casualty figures. As many as 10 Taliban fighters, dressed in Afghan army uniforms and driving military vehicles, talked their way onto the base and opened fire on soldiers eating dinner and leaving a mosque after Friday prayers, according to officials. The attackers used rocket-propelled grenades and rifles, they said. Taliban spokesman Zabihullah Mujahid said in a statement on Saturday the attack was retribution for the recent killing of several senior Taliban leaders in northern Afghanistan. The NATO-led military coalition deploys advisers to the base where the attack occurred to train and assist the Afghan forces but coalition officials said no international troops were involved in the attack. | ||
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #1 Sayyaf calls killers of Afghan forces and Jihadi leaders ‘infidels’ very telling Sayyaf challenged Taliban leaders for face to face debate and insisted that murderers of Afghan forces and jihadi leaders are infidels. |
| Posted by: Jan 2017-04-22 19:47 |