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| Taliban planned to release prisoners in Faryab |
| 2015-10-06 |
| [Khaama (Afghanistan)] Talibs had planned to seize the bustling provincial capital of northern Faryab province and storm the province's jail to release prisoners. Brigadier General Dawlat Waziri, the deputy front man for the Ministry of Defense said in a presser on Monday that Talibs launched a coordinated attack on Maimana from all directions yesterday and engaged in a heavy shootout with security forces till this morning. He said security forces already had awareness of a possible Taliban attack and were well prepared to respond to it. "I can say hundreds of them got killed and maimed in the shootout," Brig. Gen. Waziri added. Brig. Gen. Waziri further said that security forces and civilians did not suffer casualties during the shootout. But Sayed Abdul Baqi, head of Faryab's Provincial Council had earlier said that seven members of a family were killed and maimed in the clash. Taliban released nearly 1,000 prisoners, including their partners, in two attacks on jails in Ghazni and Kundoz provinces last month. |
| Posted by:Fred |