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2020-06-07 Afghanistan
15 Soldiers Killed in Past Day Despite Unofficial Truce
[ToloNews] At least 15 members of the Afghan cops were killed and dozens more were maimed due to widespread incidents of violence in the past 24 hours despite the unofficial ceasefire between the Afghan government and the Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
In one recent incident of violence, a local commander of the Afghan Local Police was killed alongside ten ALP members as a result of a roadside kaboom explosion in Khash district of northern province of Badakhshan.

"Commander Mazari was leading a group of local police forces in Khash and was martyred alongside his forces after hitting a roadside mine," said Sanaaullah Rouhani, a front man for Badakhshan police.

Also, Afghan security officials in the province said that the Taliban’s shadow governor was killed alongside his two men in Khash district.

In Kabul, the Taliban launched an attack on midnight Friday night on Dasht-e-Naseri village of Guldara district of Kabul, killing at least four coppers and wounding another four.

"On Friday afternoon, the Taliban launched an operation in Sarsang and Nawabad villages and a battle broke out and one civilian was maimed," said Mohammad Qasim Khoshiwal, the deputy head of Pashtun-infested Logar's provincial council.

Meanwhile,
...back at the dirigible, the pilot and the copilot had both hit the silk.

Jack! Cynthia exclaimed. Do you know how to drive one of these things?

Jack wiped some of the blood from his knuckles.

No, he said. Do you?...

former Afghan president Hamid Maybe I'll join the Taliban Karzai
...A product, and probably the sole product, of the Southern Alliance...
in a statement raised concerns over the surge in the acts of violence and a rise in the number of casualties. He called on the warring factions to exercise restraint.

In the southern part of the country, at least 10 Afghan cops members were killed on Friday morning in an ambush by the Taliban on the Zabul-Kandahar highway near the city of Qalat, in Zabul province, said Ata Jan Haq Bayan, head of Zabul's provincial council.

"Police personnel are deployed around the city. The area is totally under security coverage," said Hekmatullah Kochai, the commander of Zabul police.

"We reiterate the call to our opponents to avoid further killings of the Afghans," said Mohammad Omar Omari, a member of Zabul's provincial council.

This attack also comes as an Arclight airstrike
...KABOOM!...
in Farah province in the west of the country on Thursday night killed 16 Taliban fighters, according to Farah police front man Mohibullah Mohib.

The Taliban attacked an outpost in Deh Yak village on the outskirts of Farah city prior to the airstrike, he said.

11 Afghan Local Police Killed in Badakhshan Blast: Official

[ToloNews] At least 11 members of the Afghan local police, including their commander, were killed in a roadside bomb blast in Badakhshan province on Friday night, the provincial police spokesman Sanaullah Rohani said.

He said the incident happened in Khash district at midnight when a vehicle carrying the personnel hit a roadside mine.

Also on Friday, two Taliban fighters, including Hamidullah, the designated deputy district governor of Taliban for Khash, were killed in a clash with government forces in Khash district on Friday.

This comes after 10 security force members were killed in a Taliban attack in Zabul on Friday morning.

No group has claimed responsibility for the Badakhshan blast.

Sources within the Afghan government told TOLOnews this week that the Taliban initiated an average of 30 attacks per day since the Eid-ul-Fitr ceasefire.

According to the sources, the Afghan forces also suffered casualties as a result of these attacks.
Posted by trailing wife 2020-06-07 01:04|| || Front Page|| [6 views ]  Top
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