...mindless ferocity in a turban...attacks in five provinces on the fifth day of the reduction in violence plan (RIV), the Afghan Ministry of Interior (MoI) said on Wednesday, amid hopes that the RIV will lead to a nationwide ceasefire in the war-ravaged country.
According to the Afghan government, 19 security force members and four civilians have been killed in the Taliban attacks since the implementation of the reduction in violence (RIV) plan on February 21. 35 security force members were maimed in these attacks by the Taliban.
"The Taliban today launched some attacks in Pashtun-infested Logar, Ghazni, Zabul, Kandahar and Laghman
...Afghan province with a population of about 445,600, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural society. During the invasions of Alexander the Great, the area was known as Lampaka, wich is apparently Olde Macedonian for
Laghman.The city of Mihtarlam serves as the bucolic capital of the province. The population is half Pashtun, the remainder Tadjik and Pashai. It had a repution for great wealth until it was conquered in the tenth century by Abu Mansur Sabuktigin.
He conquered it and set fire to the places in its vicinity which were inhabited by infidels, and demolishing the idol-temples, he established Islam in them, He marched and captured other cities and killed the polluted wretches, destroying the idolatrous and gratifying the Musulmans. After wounding and killing beyond all measure, his hands and those of his friends became cold in counting the value of the plundered property.After that it was mostly notable for the production of dirt, rocks, and holy men...
provinces. The attacks resulted in the killing of at least four civilians and one security force member. Four others were maimed in the attacks," said Nasrat Rahimi, a front man for the Ministry of Interior.
Meanwhile,
...back at the argument, Livia had made her point with her knee to Jane's stomach...
in Kabul at least nine civilians, including a woman, were maimed when an IED placed in a cycle of violence
went off in PD6, Interior Ministry front man Nasrat Rahimi said.The Taliban denied involvement, saying"intelligence networks are trying to create distrust."
Meanwhile,
...back at the argument, Livia had made her point with her knee to Jane's stomach...
in the southern province of Maidan Wardak, a bridge that connected Nirkh district to Maidan Shahr was blown up.
"Individuals behind the earth-shattering kaboom of this bridge have been identified, but we do not want to conduct operations against them because of the reduction in violence," said Muzaffaruddin Yameen, the governor of Maidan Wardak, without giving details about what group was suspected.
It appears that both the Taliban and the Afghan government are satisfied with the RIV up to this point.
The US has already said that it will sign a peace deal with the Taliban on February 29 if the RIV process is concluded successfully.
"As was expected, the two sides have been committed to their promise about the reduction in violence. It is hoped that the peace deal between the US and the Taliban is signed," said Hassan Haqyar, a political activist in Kabul.
On Tuesday, the Afghan Ministry of Interior said that at least four security incidents by the Taliban were recorded in Zabul, Ghazni, Farah and Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
provinces, which was on the fourth day since the implementation of the reduction in violence (RIV).
According to the group, no significant incident so far has been reported against the Taliban by the US and Afghan forces.