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Afghanistan
Baghlan: Afghan forces repel Taliban attack on Pul-e Khumri city with aid of locals; highways closed; 2nd N. Afghan city attacked
2019-09-02


Afghan forces repel Taliban attack in the outskirts of Pul-e Khumri city

[KhaamaPress] The Afghan forces repelled a Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
attack in the outskirts of Pul-e Khumri city, the thriving provincial capital of northern Baghlan province.

The National Defense and Security Institutions said in a joint statement that a group of 30 to 40 Talibs launched an attack in Zaman Khel and Hussain Khel areas located in the outskirts of Pul-e Khumri city.

The statement further added that the murderous Moslems launched the attack at around 2 am local time.

However,
a poor excuse is better than no excuse at all...
the statement added that the security forces quickly responded to the attack killing at least 3 holy warriors, arresting 2 others and wounding of them.

Meanwhile,
...back at the Alamo, Davy was wondering if Buck was okay. He suspected he wasn't...
the defense and security institutions said the security forces have cordoned off the Karkar area where the remaining murderous Moslems have taken shelter.

The statement further added that the security forces did not suffer casualties in the attack and a clearance operation is underway in the area.

Baghlan residents stood shoulder to shoulder with the Afghan forces amid Taliban attack

[KhaamaPress] The residents of Baghlan province also picked up arms against the Taliban militants who attacked Pul-e Khumri city in the early hours of Sunday.

Bismillah Atash, a member of the Provincial Council of Baghlan told Khaama Press that the residents of Pul-e Khumri who had weapons in their houses, stood against the Taliban militants.

Atash further added that the residents of Pul-e Khumri stood shoulder to shoulder with the Afghan security forces to fight the Taliban militants.

Meanwhile, an official of the National Directorate of Security confirmed that the residents of Baghlan and public uprising forces joined the security forces to fight the Taliban militants in the outskirts of the city.

A group of 30 to 40 Taliban militants launched the attack on Pul-e Khumri city from the outskirts of the city.

The security forces managed the repulse the attack by engaging in a firefight with the Taliban militants which lasted for several hours.

Highways Remain Closed As Clashes Continue

[ToloNews] Sources said that eight people, including four civilians, were killed in the clashes.

Main highways in northern Afghanistan – the Kabul-Baghlan and Baghlan-Kunduz highways – have been closed to traffic over the past two days after the Taliban militants attacked the northern and northeastern cities of Kunduz and Baghlan.

The Taliban’s attack on the city of Kunduz was repelled by Afghan forces but sources say that threats remain high on the outskirts of the city near the Kunduz-Takhar and Baghlan-Kunduz highways.

The highways connect Kabul with the northern province of Balkh and northeastern provinces of Takhar and Badakhshan. Sources said that hundreds of passengers have been stranded on two sides of the highway.

TOLOnews reporter Sharif Amiry who is in Pul-e-Khumri city, the center of Baghlan, said Taliban militants were pushed back towards “Cement Khana” area on the outskirts of Pul-e-Khumri city.

The Ministry of Interior said in a statement that Afghan forces targeted the Taliban from three directions and pushed them back to Cement Khana area of Baghlan which is far from the center of the city.

“At least 21 Taliban were killed and 13 others were wounded while eight others were arrested in Baghlan clashes,” the statement said.

Baghlan hospital officials said eight people including four civilians were killed in the clashes and 40 others, including 28 civilians, were wounded.

TOLOnews reporter says some Baghlan residents have also taken arms to fight against the Taliban.

Taliban targets second Afghan city as U.S. negotiator says peace deal is near

[WAPO] KABUL ‐ The Taliban attacked a northern Afghan city early Sunday, a day after striking another city in the north, raising fears of renewed assaults on population centers even as the top U.S. negotiator said he was on the "threshold" of securing a peace deal with the militant group as he headed to Kabul.

Taliban fighters attacked Pol-e-Khomri from at least two directions, Fawad Aman, a spokesman for the Afghan Defense Ministry, told The Washington Post. The Afghan intelligence agency said 30 to 40 Taliban fighters launched the attack about 2 a.m.

Two security officials, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to talk to the news media, said the Taliban entered the city from several directions and for a time blocked a key highway linking Kabul, the capital, with the rest of the north. It was the first time the Taliban had gained any ground in Pol-e-Khomri.

Mohammad Nasim Mudabber, a lawmaker in Pol-e-Khomri, said the battle for the city was ongoing, with Taliban fighters hiding in civilian homes and using residents as "human shields." He said residents could hear machine-gun fire and rocket attacks and that security forces were "moving ahead slowly to prevent civilian casualties" and had not yet carried out house-to-house searches for the militants.

"Unfortunately, we have casualties, but we don’t have a number yet," Mudabber said.
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