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2021-05-22 Afghanistan
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Laghman: ANDSF Retreat from Besieged Center of Dawlat Shah
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[ToloNews] According to the sources, the center of the district is now under Taliban
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influence. Afghan forces retreated from the center of Dawlat Shah district in 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...
province on Thursday, two sources from the province reported, saying the decision to move came after the area was surrounded by the Taliban for months.
According to the sources, the center of the district is now under Taliban control.
Dawlat Shah district is located 47 kilometers north of Mehtarlam city, the center of Laghman, and shares a border with Panjshir province.
The district had been besieged by the Taliban for the last six months, sources said.
"In the past six months, more than 15 security force members were killed and there was no way to take the maimed out of the district," the sources said.
The Taliban claimed to have captured the district government buildings.
The Ministry of Defense said that Afghan forces will soon push the Taliban back from the area.
Provincial council members said that the Taliban attacked the district in the early hours of Thursday morning and "nearly 30 security forces members were killed and maimed." They said "the Taliban have also captured several security outposts."
"We contacted people and they told us that festivities are still ongoing in Dawlat Shah," said Gulzar Sangarwal, a member of the provincial council.
The district borders Alishing district, and Nuristan, Panjshir and Kapisa provinces.
"Claims of Dawlat Shah district falling are false. The security forces are present there," said Rohaullah Ahamdzai, a front man for the Ministry of Defense.
In the meantime, sources said that the local government and Taliban have extended the three days Eid ceasefire for another month in Alingar district of Laghman.
"They (Taliban) have come from Alingar district to Dawlat Shah for war. Not only from Alingar but also from neighboring provinces such as Kunar, Nuristan and 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..
. The Taliban have come to Laghman for war," said Zayfonon Safi, an MP from Laghman.
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