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Afghanistan
Farah violence has links with the issues related to water management: Bahrami
2018-05-21
[KhaamaPress] The Afghan Defense Minister Gen. Tariq Shah Bahrami says the growing violence and recent war in western Farah province have links with issues surrounding the management of water resources.

Gen. Bahrami made the remarks during a visit to Farah province where he was accompanied by other security bigshots including the commander of the NATO
...the North Atlantic Treaty Organization. It's headquartered in Belgium. That sez it all....
Resolute Support Mission Gen. John Nicholson. He did not elaborate further in this regard but added that around twenty terrorist group are operating in Afghanistan and are being supported by the neighboring countries.

This comes as the US Department of Defense or Pentagon officials had earlier said that they are not ruling out the involvement of Iran in a major offensive carried out by the Talibs in western Farah city of Afghanistan.

"I don’t think you can ever rule out how much Iran interferes throughout this region. Iran remains the most destabilizing factor in the Middle East. So no, I don’t think you can ever rule out their mischief," a spokesperson for Pentagon Dana White said.

Hundreds of Taliban
...the Pashtun equivalent of men...
holy warriors launched a coordinated attack on Farah city the bustling provincial capital of Farah in the early hours of Tuesday morning. The Afghan national defense and security forces responded to the attack by launching air and ground operations that lasted until early hours of Wednesday morning.
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