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| Military Operation Launched to Re-Take Control of Sar-e-Pul's Kohistanat |
| 2015-08-06 |
| [Tolo News] A large-scale military operation launched in northern Sar-e-Pul province on Tuesday to re-take control of Kohistan ...a backwoods district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa distinguished by being even more rustic than is the norm among the local Pashtuns.... at district has so far claimed the lives of at least eight Taliban Lion of Islams, said officials. In addition, two security soldiers were maimed during the operations. The operation is named Khoursheed 3 and is being jointly conducted by the Afghan National Army (ANA), Afghan National Police (|ANP) and National Directorate of Security ...the Afghan national intel agency... (NDS) to clear the district and re-take control of Kohistanat district, a commander of the ANA's 209th Corps, Ghulaam Farooq said. "The operation still continues in the district slowly because the bully boyz have placed more roadside mines in the area. So far eight bully boyz were killed in festivities with security forces. Insurgents had been found wearing security force uniforms," Farooq said. He said the police and NDS forces are also participating in the operation and that "we don't need air support now but if we need their support, the air force is ready to help us." Until now, no civilian casualties have been reported, he said. However, it was a brave man who first ate an oyster... the Taliban have not yet commented about the operation. On Tuesday, the First Vice-President Gen. Abdul Rashid Dostum ...ethnic Uzbek warlord who distinguished himself fighting the Soviets and the Taliban. The story that he had a bad guy run over with a tank is an exaggeration. It was an armored personnel carrier... said the Taliban and other Lion of Islam groups have sold out and are puppets to foreigners. He also reiterated his previous statement that if bully boyz fight security forces they will be eliminated. Dostum, who is currently visiting battle-weary Faryab province which borders Sar-e-Pul, drove home the fact that unless the Taliban drops their weapons, they will be taken down by the security forces. In addition he said anti-government armed oppositions were fleeing Faryab. Dostum however praised the Afghan special forces in Faryab for their commitment to fighting insurgency in a bid to restore peace. |
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