The sources further added that the
s were carried out in the vicinity of Kunduz district.This comes as Talibs intensified their attacks on Kunduz and some other key northern provinces soon after announcing their spring offensive early on Friday.
However,
it's easy to be generous with someone else's money...
the Afghan military says the attacks were repulsed leaving at least 179 forces of Evil dead and dozens more maimed.
The 209th Shaheen Corps in a statement said Monday that the forces of Evil were killed during the festivities in Badakhshan, Kunduz, Baghlan, Balkh, Sar-e-Pul
...a city and eponymous province in northern Afghanistan, population about 500,000. Demographically it is majority Tadjik and Uzbek. There are small Pashtun, Arab, and Hazara
...a grouping of Dari-speaking people of Sino-Tibetan descent inhabiting Afghanistan and Pakistain. They are predominantly Shia Moslems and not particularly warlike, which makes them favored targets...communities, of which the Hazaras mostly don't bother anyone...
, and Faryab provinces.
The statement further added that 77 forces of Evil including their 6 commanders were also maimed during the same festivities.
According to 209th Shaheen Corps, Talibs intensified their attacks in northern parts of the country after announcing their spring offensive but the Afghan armed forces effectively responded and repulsed the attacks with the effective close-air support of the Air Forces.