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Afghanistan
Afghan Special forces rescue 11 people from a Taliban prison in Helmand
2018-12-09
[KhaamaPress] The Afghan Special Forces have rescued at least eleven civilians who were kept as prisoners in a cell run by the Talibs in southern Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
province of Afghanistan.

The 215th Maiwand Corps of the Afghan Military in the South in a statement said the Special Forces of the Afghan National Defense and Security Forces conducted an operation on Friday night which resulted into the rescue of 11 civilians from a Taliba-run prison.

The statement further added that the civilians and security personnel did not suffer any casualties during the operation.

In the meantime, a military source says at least three Talibs were also killed during the same operation.

The anti-government armed Lion of Islam groups including Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
have not commented regarding the report so far.

Helmand is among the relatively volatile provinces in South of Afghanistan where the Talibs and other groups are actively operating in some of its districts and often carry out terrorist related activities.
Tolo News adds that the raid took place in Sangin district.
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