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2021-03-26 Afghanistan
Nangarhar: ANDSF Clears Road to District Cut Off for 12 Years
[ToloNews] The Afghan National Security and Defense Forces (ANDSF) have cleared 25 kilometers of mines between Nangarhar
The unfortunate Afghan province located adjacent to Mohmand, Kurram, and Khyber Agencies. The capital is Jalalabad. The province was the fief of Younus Khalis after the Soviets departed and one of his sons is the current provincial Taliban commander. Nangarhar is Haqqani country..
’s Hesarak and Sherzad districts after twelve years.

Security officials in the eastern province of Afghanistan said that the security forces launched their operations two months ago and cleared the roads of landmines and other explosives.

Hesarak district is one of the key strategic districts in Nangarhar, and borders with Laghman
...Afghan province with a population of about 445,600, which is multi-ethnic and mostly a rural society. During the invasions of Alexander the Great, the area was known as Lampaka, wich is apparently Olde Macedonian for Laghman.The city of Mihtarlam serves as the bucolic capital of the province. The population is half Pashtun, the remainder Tadjik and Pashai. It had a repution for great wealth until it was conquered in the tenth century by Abu Mansur Sabuktigin.
He conquered it and set fire to the places in its vicinity which were inhabited by infidels, and demolishing the idol-temples, he established Islam in them, He marched and captured other cities and killed the polluted wretches, destroying the idolatrous and gratifying the Musulmans. After wounding and killing beyond all measure, his hands and those of his friends became cold in counting the value of the plundered property.
After that it was mostly notable for the production of dirt, rocks, and holy men...
, Kabul, Pashtun-infested Logar and Paktia provinces.

"There was no way to get supplies, we were not able to transfer our maimed officers and martyred ones," said Rohullah, an Afghan National Police officer.

"We were witnessing at least 50 mortars attacks daily," said Zargai Stanekzai, an officer.

Military officials in Hesarak have said that there is still the presence of Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
fighters in the outskirts of the district.

"With God’s support and with the cooperation of the people, this area has been cleared, we will establish bases and checkpoints here to ensure security," said Naseer Ahmad Sapai, the commander of the 4th Battalion of 201 Selab Army Corps.

A few months ago, two helicopters belonging to the Afghan National Army (ANA) crashed after they collided in flight.

They were transporting reinforcements to the area.

Two pilots and three others were killed in the incident.
Posted by trailing wife 2021-03-26 00:00|| || Front Page|| [18 views ]  Top
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