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| Afghanistan |
| Taliban Attack Musa Qala District in Helmand |
| 2014-08-07 |
| [Tolo News] On Tuesday night armed Taliban attacked Musa Qala district of Helmand ...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan... province in efforts to seize the district. According to local officials, since Tuesday night the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) and the Taliban have exchanged gun fires; the clash is still continuing. Spokesman to Helmand's governor calls the attack on Musa Qala "similar to the Sangin attack." "Anti-government armed forces attacked parts of Musa Qala district last night as an attempt to take control of the area, but the ANSF's operation is underway," said Omer Zwak, front man for the Helmand governor. Zwak said that since the start of the clash, a number of Taliban gunnies were killed along with four coppers. He adds that another battle is ongoing between anti-government armed forces and security forces in Nahr-e-Saraj district of Helmand. "We have started operations to clear the areas of anti-government armed forces in some districts and, if needed, we will ask for support from the capital." Just a month earlier, hundreds of Taliban fighters, including Pak Taliban, attacked the district of Sangin in Helmand province in an attempt to take control of the district. |
| Posted by:Fred |