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2021-06-27 Afghanistan
People Take Up Arms in Two More Provinces to Fight Taliban
[ToloNews] Like eight other provinces across Afghanistan, this time, a large group of residents of 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...
in the west and Kunduz in the north took up arms to support the Afghan defense and security forces in the fight against the Taliban
...Arabic for students...
Those who rallied in support of Afghan forces have said that they believe in peace, but will defend the democratic values at any cost.

So far, hundreds of people have taken up arms against the Taliban in Takhar, Balkh, Badghis, Baghlan, 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..
, 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...
, Jawzjan, Samangan and Kapisa provinces.

"The security forces are not alone. We are with them," said Nazir Ahmad, a member of public uprising forces in Herat.

"We must serve the country. We are very tired. Our bridges are destroyed. Our schools are destroyed," said Zikrullah, a member of public uprising forces in Herat.

Also in Kunduz province, a large number of people took up arms to support the Afghan forces in the fight against the bad boys.

"If you are fleeing Kunduz today, I want to tell you that a man dies one time, but a weak person dies each day," said Rabbani Rabbani, member of Kunduz provincial council, referring to reports that some local officials had fled Kunduz following increased attacks by the Taliban.

People in northern Baghlan province have also taken up arms to fight the Taliban.

"The war is not the solution for conflict in Afghanistan. There is a good opportunity for the Taliban to agree on peace," said MP Azim Mohseni.

Afghan security officials said that the government will never support the existence of militia forces, however all those who have taken up arms will be operating within the structure of Afghan forces.

The acting minister of interior Gen. Abdul Sattar Mirzakwal said that the government will add another 30,000 personnel to the ranks of the Afghan Local Police (ALP) and those who have taken up arms to fight will operate within the structure of the local police.

"We do not support building militia and will not allow it to happen. 30,000 people have been approved to serve in our military structure," Mirzakwal said.

"The way this process has stared indicates a sign of danger," said Rahmatullah Nabil, former head of the National Directorate of Security
...the Afghan national intel agency...
Referring to the recent waves of public uprising campaigns in several regions of Afghanistan, a Taliban front man Zabihullah Mujahid has said that these moves are part of the government's attempts.
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