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2021-05-11 Afghanistan
158 Taliban killed during separate ANDSF operations in 12 provinces in past 24 hours
[KhaamaPress] Ministry of defense in a released statement on Monday said at least 158 Talibs were killed and further 37 others were maimed in the past 24 hours as a result of Afghan National Defense and Security Forces’ operations.

According to the MoD, the Taliban
...mindless ferocity in a turban...
suffered heavy casualties in ANDSF operations and on the different battlefields across Afghanistan.

The Taliban affiliates were killed during the festivities that took place in Ghazni, Kandahar, Uruzgan, Herat
...a venerable old Persian-speaking city in western Afghanistan, populated mostly by Tadjiks, which is why it's not as blood-soaked as areas controlled by Pashtuns...
, Farah, Ghor, Jawzjan, Helmand
...an Afghan province populated mostly by Pashtuns, adjacent to Injun country in Pak Balochistan...
, Takhar, Badakhshan, Baghlan, and Kabul provinces.

According to the statement a large number of weapons and ammunition belonging to the Taliban were also destroyed. The Ministry of Defense also added that ANDSF discovered and defused 48 various types of IEDs and bombs placed in the embattled regions to target civilians and the security forces during the counter-attack operations.

Meanwhile,
...back at the desert island, Bert climbed the cocoanut tree, looking for ships. He saw none. He looked in the other direction and saw Irene, vigorously scrubbing her backside...
MoD in a communique said that Afghan commando forces detained a key Taliban commander named "Abdullah", son of Nematullah from a market in Shindand district of Herat Province. The captured individual was responsible for targeting and assassinating babus government employees. Afghan commandos also seized some weapons and ammunition along with the bully boy.

Meanwhile,
...back at the desert island, Bert climbed the cocoanut tree, looking for ships. He saw none. He looked in the other direction and saw Irene, vigorously scrubbing her backside...
security sources in Ghor province said that a Taliban infiltrator shot four security members at a checkpoint before fleeing the area. The Taliban infiltrator also took all of the equipment with him after committing the crime. The insider attack incident took place at a security checkpoint in "Telk Kasi" village of Firuzkuh, the capital of Ghor province on Sunday night.

According to sources, the bodies of the murdered security force members were taken to the provincial hospital.

Both security officials and the Taliban have not commented on the incident.

Moreover, security sources in Ghazni province said Abdul Ghafur Marjankhel the acting police chief for Giro district was killed in an IED explosion. Sources at Ghazni’s police HQ on condition of anonymity told the media that the incident took place in the village of Chahar Burjah in the Khwaja Omari district of the province. The incident happened while Marjankhel was driving to provide drinking water at Giro police checkpoints in Khwaja Omari district when his vehicle collided with a roadside kaboom, killing him on the spot.

According to the sources the mine was placed by the Taliban. Taliban have not yet commented on the incident.
Posted by trailing wife 2021-05-11 00:00|| || Front Page|| [3 views ]  Top
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