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Afghanistan
171 Govt Forces Killed in a Week in Taliban Attacks: Officials
2020-06-15
[ToloNews] New figures by security institutions reveal that 171 personnel of the Afghan National Security Forces bit the dust in festivities with the Taliban
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in a week, despite an unannounced ceasefire between the two sides that is part of the peace efforts by the Afghan government and its international partners.

250 others were maimed in the festivities, according to the numbers. The data also shows that 222 attacks were carried out by the Taliban during the last week in 29 provinces.

Afghan officials say that this could jeopardize the grinding of the peace processor, which has reached an important phase.

"The Taliban’s movements and attacks have killed and maimed 422 security force members," said Tariq Arian, front man for Ministry of Interior Affairs.

On June 13, the National Security Council’s front man said that 89 non-combatants were killed in "the Taliban attacks" in the last two weeks, something that the Taliban rejected.

In April, the National Security Council (NSC) provided details on Taliban attacks after the peace deal they signed with the US on February 29 in Doha. The numbers by the NSC shows that the Taliban conducted an average of 55 attacks per day from March 1 to April 19. The total military movements by the Taliban during this period was 2,804 attacks, according to the NSC.
Posted by:trailing wife

#1  This is an annualized rate of ~9K. Uncle Sam withdrew from Vietnam after suffering ~8K KIA a year for 8 years. The US population at the time was 5x Afghanistan's. Of course, the Afghans fighting the Taliban have no place to go, except Pakistan or Iran, so their threshold may be somewhat higher. And the ARVN suffered deaths amounting to about ~8K a year for 30 years, despite a population around 1/3 Afghanistan's.
Posted by: Zhang Fei   2020-06-15 15:54  

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