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| Taliban take control of a joint military base in Badakhshan |
| 2015-07-26 |
| [Khaama (Afghanistan)] The Talibs have taken control of a joint military base in northeastern Badakhshan province of Afghanistan, it has been reported. Security sources in Badakhshan have said a number of the Afghan cops have surrendered to Talibs following three days of heavy festivities. The sources speaking on the condition of anonymity said the forces have also surrendered their weapons along with equipment to the Talibs. In the meantime, the provincial council chief confirmed that a number of the Afghan Local Police and Afghan Border Protection Police forces have joined the Talibs after they partly took control of a joint base in Teergaran area of Wardoj district. This comes as the acting provincial governor Shahwaliullah Adeeb said the gunnies have surrounded a military base in Teergaran area and warned that scores of Afghan soldiers would lose their lives if immediate actions are not taken by the government to repulse the attack. The Afghan national security forces repelled two attacks by the Talibs on Thursday and Friday in Wardoj district, leaving a number of Talibs dead. Deputy provincial governor Gul Mohammad Bidar said the Talibs launched their first attack early on Thursday morning which was repelled by the Afghan forces, leaving four gunnies dead and three others maimed. Badakhshan is among the relatively volatile provinces in northeastern Afghanistan where the anti-government armed hard boy groups are actively operating and frequently carry out insurgency activities. This comes s hundreds of gunnies armed with heavy and light weapons launched a coordinated attack on security check posts in Yamgan district last month, forcing the Afghan troops to tactically step back in a bid to prevent the civilian casualties. |
| Posted by:Fred |